Controversial former senator Dino Melaye has officially resigned from Nigeria’s main opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), accusing it of lacking the will and capacity to rescue the nation from political decay.
In a post shared on his verified X account, the former Kogi West senator published a letter dated July 4, 2025, addressed to the PDP chairman in his local ward of Aiyetoro Gbede, Ijumu LGA, Kogi State.
“This decision has become imperative due to the lack of potency and capacity by the party to deliver the Nigerian people from the prevailing political cankerworms that have eaten deeply into the fabric of our dear nation,” Melaye wrote.
His resignation comes just months after contesting the Kogi governorship election under the PDP banner, marking a sharp departure from the platform he once championed.
The outspoken politician said he could no longer, “in good conscience, participate in its activities or support its agenda”.
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He further thanked the PDP for the opportunity to serve while expressing deep disappointment in its trajectory.
“Please consider this my formal withdrawal from the party and all its activities at all levels with immediate effect,” he concluded.
Melaye’s exit adds fuel to the growing exodus of prominent figures abandoning the PDP as the 2027 elections loom.
Only weeks earlier, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar also cut ties with the party over what he termed irreconcilable internal differences.
In his own resignation letter dated July 14, 2025, Atiku lamented the party’s departure from its founding ideals.
“The PDP has strayed far from the principles it once upheld,” he stated, “and I find it necessary to step away from the chaos it now embodies.”
Both resignations have sent shockwaves through Nigeria’s political landscape, leaving the future of the PDP increasingly uncertain.
Analysts say these high-profile defections signal a deepening crisis in the party once hailed as the bastion of Nigerian democracy.
