Ex-Kaduna gov Makarfi resigns as PDP BoT secretary

A former Governor of Kaduna State, Senator Ahmed Makarfi, has formally resigned his place as Secretary of the Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Peoples Democratic Party.

He cited zoning issues and the emergence of a brand new Nationwide Chairman from his geopolitical zone as causes.

A former Minister of Particular Duties and Intergovernmental Affairs, Kabiru Turaki,  was elected as the brand new PDP Nationwide Chairman over the weekend on the get together’s 2025 nationwide conference in Ibadan.

Makarfi’s resignation, dated November 17, 2025, was addressed to the BoT Chairman, Senator Adolphus Wabara, and delivered from his Kaduna residence.

Makarfi recalled that the event comes barely two months after he first tried to stop the function via the PDP BoT WhatsApp platform—an motion he stated was quickly suspended on the request of the BoT management.

“It’s possible you’ll recall that about two months in the past, I had resigned as Secretary of the Board and posted similar on the Board’s WhatsApp platform,” Makarfi wrote within the letter made out there to The PidomNigeria on Monday.

In keeping with him, Wabara intervened on the time and requested him to remain on till the PDP concluded its nationwide conference and produced a substantive Nationwide Chairman.

“Mr. Chairman, you might recall that you simply personally urged me to remain on till after a conference that produced a boss,” he acknowledged.

The previous governor stated his determination was guided by a long-held conviction that each the BoT Secretary and the Nationwide Chairman of the get together shouldn’t originate from the identical geopolitical zone.

With the brand new chairman rising from the North-West, the identical zone Makarfi hails from, he stated it had develop into essential to step apart.

“The principal cause for my resignation then and now was, and remains to be, my perception that the nationwide chairman of the get together and the secretary shouldn’t come from the identical geopolitical zone

“Now {that a} chairman has emerged from the North West, the place I come from, it’s vital to provide him full house to do the needful,” he wrote.

He added that the choice was made within the curiosity of equity and to keep away from any notion of imbalance within the PDP’s management construction.

“Accordingly, I hereby formally resign as Secretary of the Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party with impact from right now, November seventeenth, 2025,” the letter learn.

Makarfi, who served as Kaduna State governor from 1999 to 2007 and has held a number of management roles inside the PDP, thanked Wabara and different BoT members for what he described as a cordial working relationship all through his tenure.

“I actually recognize the very respectful relationship between us throughout my interval as Secretary.

““I additionally recognize all Board members for his or her assist and good relationship that prevailed throughout my interval as Secretary,” he added.