Ex-Enugu East Senator Nnaji Quits PDP After 27 Years, Joins ADC

A former senator representing Enugu East Senatorial District and ex-chairman of the Senate Committee on Communications, Gilbert Nnaji, has resigned his membership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

In a letter dated December 26 and addressed to the chairman of the PDP in Umuenwene Ward, Iji Nike, Enugu East Local Government Area, Nnaji, who had been in the party for 27 years, said the decision was difficult, given the “national development prospects and opportunities that the PDP of our dreams held for our dear country, Nigeria.”

Nnaji recalled that the PDP was founded on “core democratic ideals driven by unity, patriotism, justice, fairness, transparency, selflessness, mutual respect, and resilience.”

The former lawmaker added that he had “faithfully committed” himself to the party over the years and made “immense contributions” to what he described as “this once-largest party in Africa.”

However, Nnaji said “recent developments have confirmed that the PDP of the founding fathers has become as irredeemable as it is irreparable,” describing the situation as “indeed unfortunate.”

He said he had resolved to seek a better platform to continue contributing to national development after extensive consultations with family members, associates, and other eminent citizens.

According to Nnaji, he has found such a platform in the African Democratic Congress (ADC), which he described as “a veritable and promising ground with great and motivated like-minded compatriots to join forces in redirecting the ship of our Nigerian state.”

Nnaji thanked the leadership of his erstwhile party for its understanding and wished the PDP well.