Ex-FCT senator Aduda resigns from PDP, cites social gathering disaster

The quick previous senator representing the Federal Capital Territory, Philip Aduda, has formally resigned from the Peoples Democratic Party, citing ongoing crises throughout the social gathering.

Aduda communicated his choice in a letter dated March 17, 2026, addressed to the chairman of the PDP in Karu Ward, Abuja.

Within the letter, he described his resignation as efficient instantly, citing persistent social gathering conflicts as the explanation.

Within the letter titled, ‘Discover of resignation of my membership from the Peoples Democratic Party’, Aduda wrote, “I write to formally notify you of my resignation as a member of the Folks’s Democratic Party with quick impact as a result of disaster within the social gathering.

“I stay grateful for the chance the social gathering gave me to serve in numerous elective positions in our nation.

“Please, settle for the assurances of my excessive esteem.”

Aduda’s departure provides to a rising wave of defections which have reshaped the Senate.

Lately, three PDP senators — Amos Yohanna (Adamawa North), Aminu Iyal Abbas (Adamawa Central), and Ikra Aliyu Bilbis (Zamfara North) — joined the ruling All Progressives Congress, strengthening the APC’s maintain with 84 senators. These strikes have decreased the PDP’s Senate illustration from 17 to 14 members.

In the meantime, 5 PDP senators have additionally moved to the African Democratic Congress, which now stands as the primary opposition within the Senate with 9 members.