The Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Adamawa State, Hamza Bello Madagali, has resigned his membership of the party alongside the entire state executive council and chairmen of the party across the 21 Local Government Areas of the state.
The mass resignation was announced on Friday at the party secretariat in Yola, where Madagali addressed journalists.
He explained that the decision followed what he described as extensive consultations with party stakeholders and grassroots leaders across Adamawa State. According to him, the move represents a collective and unanimous position of the party leadership at both the state and local government levels.
“This decision is a product of extensive consultations among stakeholders and leaders at the grassroots,” he stated.
Madagali stressed that executives in all 21 local government areas unanimously agreed to resign from the PDP.
The development comes shortly after the Governor of Adamawa State, Ahmadu Fintiri, defected from the PDP to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
Fintiri announced his defection during a broadcast to the people of the state, stating that his decision was taken after consultations. He added that members of his cabinet and other key PDP officials in Adamawa State also joined him in moving to the APC.
The governor said the decision was driven by what he described as the need to advance the development and progress of Adamawa State.
Before Fintiri’s defection, several lawmakers in the Adamawa State House of Assembly had also resigned from the PDP, further deepening the political changes within the state.
