A former Senate President, Senator David Mark, has formally resigned his membership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), citing deepening internal divisions, unresolved leadership crisis and irreconcilable differences. Mark was a founding member of the PDP when it became a political party in 1998.
In a letter dated June 27 and addressed to the PDP Chairman in his Otukpo Ward, Benue State, sighted by Channels Television on Wednesday, Mark said that the issues in the party have reduced it to a shadow of its former self and exposed it to public embarrassment. “I bring warm greetings to you and members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Otukpo Ward 1, and by extension, to the entire Benue State and Nigeria. I write to formally inform you of my decision to resign my membership of the party with immediate effect.
“You may recall that over the years, I have remained firm and deeply committed to the ideals of the PDP. Even when nearly all stakeholders departed the party following our loss in the 2015 presidential election, I pledged to remain the last man standing.” “I have worked steadfastly to rebuild, reconcile, and reposition the party, efforts which, without sounding immodest, helped restore the PDP to national relevance and made it once again a party of choice for many Nigerians,” he said.
The former Senate President, however, lamented that recent internal conflicts have subjected the party to public ridicule.
“Recent events marked by deepening divisions, persistent leadership crisis, and irreconcilable differences have reduced the party to a shadow of its former self, subjecting it to public ridicule,” he added.
