Dr. Doyin Okupe has left the crisis-ridden Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Okupe, former Senior Special Assistant on Public Affairs to former President Goodluck Jonathan, said this on Sunday through a statement released to the media.
He said his quitting the PDP was as a result of what he referred to as long introspection and happenings in the party.
Okupe, a former national chairmanship aspirant of the PDP, was also a spokesman for former President Olusegun Obasanjo while the latter was in power.
In the statement he also said that happenings in the party had indicated that there was no way it would bear fruits in the future.
According to him, due to power tussle in the PDP, he chose to make his resignation public because he was not sure who to direct his quit letter to.
The party was also no longer unified in his ward at Iperu-Remo, hence his decision to publicly announce his resignation from the party, he added.
Okupe said, “It is with deep regret that I publicly announce my resignation from the People’s Democratic Party.
“It has to be public because the PDP no longer exists in my ward as a single unified party it was when I joined it.
“It is no longer news that the PDP has been embroiled in a fratricidal internal crisis brought upon it by itself.
“Its current direction is difficult to discern and I am convinced that even when the much expected judgement from the Supreme Court is given, the future of the party is not likely to be significantly affected whichever way the judgement goes.”
PDP has been torn apart by a bitter leadership tussle between Senator Ali Modu Sheriff and Senator Ahmed Makarfi.
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