Ex-PDP Spokesman Ologbondiyan Resigns Party Membership

A former national publicity secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Kola Ologbondiyan, has formally resigned his membership of the party.

His exit comes at a time the PDP was battling internal fractures and a growing wave of defections across the country.

Ologbondiyan, who once served as the spokesperson of the PDP, submitted his resignation on Saturday at his Okekoko Ward in Kabba Local Government Area of Kogi State.

In the letter presented to the ward executives, Ologbondiyan said he had taken time to observe the party’s direction in recent months and concluded that the PDP has derailed from the values and cohesion that once made it a formidable national political force.

According to him: “Having carefully reviewed the recent activities, tendencies, and direction of the Peoples Democratic Party, I have come to the conclusion that it is time for me to move on. It is on this note that I am here today to formally tender my resignation from the PDP to the ward executives, for onward transmission in accordance with the tradition of our party.”

His departure adds to the growing list of prominent PDP chieftains who have left the party in recent months amid dissatisfaction with its leadership crisis, unresolved factional disputes, and declining electoral influence.

Across several states, including Rivers, Edo, Plateau, and Benue, party leaders, former office holders, and grassroots mobilisers have either resigned or withdrawn their participation, deepening concerns about the PDP’s internal stability and fortune in next elections.