Former speaker of the House of Representatives, under the regime of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Alhaji Ghali Umar Na’Abba, has formally dumped the Peoples Democratic Party. Umar Na’Abba cited reasons for his resignation as the abysmal level to which the leadership of President Goodluck Jonathan and PDP have reduced governance.
The announcement of his resignation was contained in a letter dated March 15, 2015, and titled "Notification of Resignation from PDP, its Organs and Committees" and copied to the chairmen, PDP Sharada ward in Kano Municipal local government, Kano State, PDP North West Zone, PDP national headquarters and PDP Board of Trustees, described Jonathan as an incompetent leader who has frustrated many of the PDP members to dump the party.
The letter reads in part, “You are no doubt aware of the abysmal level to which the leadership of our great country under President Goodluck Jonathan and the Peoples Democratic Party have reduced governance as a result of which our great party has been losing its sons and daughters including so many of its founding fathers and members by the day.
"All efforts of critical members and fathers of the party to offer advice remain always unheeded. It pains most of us that majority of the founding fathers that had died like Chief S. M. Afolabi, Alhaji Muhammad Abubakar Rimi, Chief Solomon Lar, Professor Osammor, Chief S. B. Awoniyi etc. all died as a result of their frustration by and with the party."
As stated by the letter, "Those living like Dr. Alex Ekwueme, Malam Adamu Chiroma, Dr Shettima Mustapha, Alhaji Asheikh Jarma Dr, Victor Odili, Mr. Isaac Shaahu and many others are equally living with such frustration. While others like Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, Alhaji Isyaku Ibrahim, Alhaji Musa Gwadabe, two former National Chairmen, Chief Audu Ogbe and Chief Barnabas Gemade etc had since left the Party."
Umar Na’Abba has however, not yet been identified with any party.