By Newsmata
Immediate past governor of Kaduna State, Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai, has formally resigned from the All Progressives Congress (APC), and pitched tent with the Social Democratic Party, SDP.
El-Rufai, in a statement on Monday, said he took the decision after extensive consultations, and cited APC’s deviation from its founding principles and lack of internal democracy.
The former governor explained that he decided to join the SDP “as the platform for our future political engagements and activities” being a “better platform for promoting democratic values, good governance, and national unity”.
A founding member of the APC, El-Rufai said he had hoped that the party’s core values would remain intact, but recent events had convinced him otherwise.
According to him, “Developments in the last two years confirm that there is no desire on the part of those who currently control and run the APC to acknowledge, much less address, the unhealthy situation of the party”.
He regretted that his contributions to the party’s successes, including the electoral victories in 2015, 2019, and 2023, had been disregarded by the current leadership.
“The APC has castrated its organs and treated its membership with contempt in the last two years. I find this no longer acceptable.”