David Mark resigns from PDP After 26 Years, cites party’s decline and unresolved crisis
Former Senate President David Mark has officially resigned from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), ending a 26-year membership over what he described as deepening divisions and a persistent leadership crisis.
In a letter dated June 27 and addressed to the PDP Chairman in his Otukpo Ward, Benue State, Mark expressed regret that the party has become a shadow of its former self and is now plagued by irreconcilable differences and public embarra§§ment.
“I write to formally inform you of my decision to resign my membership of the party with immediate effect,” Mark said. “I have remained firm and deeply committed to the ideals of the PDP even when many others left after the 2015 presidential defeat. I pledged to remain the last man standing.”
Mark, a founding member of the PDP since its formation in 1998, said he had invested considerable effort in rebuilding and repositioning the party. However, he lamented that recent events have made it impossible to continue.
“Recent events marked by deepening divisions, persistent leadership crisis, and irreconcilable differences have reduced the party to a shadow of its former self,” he added.
His resignation marks his first political defection since the party’s inception.
Interestingly, just days before his exit, Mark joined other prominent PDP leaders — including Atiku Abubakar, Aminu Tambuwal, Sule Lamido, Liyel Imoke, and Babangida Aliyu — in a call for Nigerians to unite in a coalition to defeat President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 election.
The leaders, in a joint communiqué, urged citizens to come together under a common front focused on unity, democratic governance, economic revival, security, and anti-corruption.
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