Persistent crises, unresolved conflicts drive me to go away PDP — Ex-Lawmaker

A former Senator representing Cross River State Southern Senatorial District, Gershom Bassey, has mentioned persistent inside crises and unresolved conflicts inside the Peoples Democratic Party compelled him to resign from the celebration.

Bassey, who submitted his resignation letter dated March 12, 2026, to his Ward 9 in Calabar South Native Authorities Space, mentioned the choice was taken after cautious reflection on the present state of the celebration.

Talking on the letter in Calabar on Friday, the previous governorship aspirant within the 2023 election famous that leaving the celebration was a painful choice, contemplating that he was amongst those that helped construct the PDP and invested vital sources and dedication towards strengthening it over time.

He, nonetheless, mentioned the celebration has just lately been affected by deep divisions and extended inside crises, which, in line with him, have weakened its unity and made it troublesome for him to stay optimistic about its future.

“The newest disaster has sadly made it clear that the celebration is drifting additional away from the beliefs that after sure us collectively.

“For somebody who was current on the beginning of this nice celebration, watching its gradual decline has been deeply disappointing,” he defined.

He additionally expressed disappointment over what he described as “the failure of celebration elders and leaders to take decisive steps to revive self-discipline, unity and a shared imaginative and prescient inside the celebration.”

“What makes this much more painful is the obvious unwillingness of celebration elders and leaders to genuinely combat for its soul and restore the self-discipline, unity and imaginative and prescient that after outlined it,” he added.

The previous lawmaker mentioned the state of affairs “has lowered what was as soon as a robust democratic platform that carried the hopes and aspirations of tens of millions of Nigerians to a shadow of itself.”

Bassey mentioned he selected to step apart quite than stay a part of a system that not displays the rules he believes in.

He didn’t, nonetheless, disclose the political platform he could also be becoming a member of as preparations regularly construct towards subsequent yr’s governorship election.