Former sports minister exits PDP

Abdullateef Fowewe

A Peoples Democratic Party bigwig and the former minister of sports and youth development, Bolaji Abdullahi, has resigned from the party.

His resignation was contained in letter dated December 16, 2024, and addressed to the Ubandawaki Ward chairman of the party in Ilorin, Kwara State.

It reads, “I write to formally resign my membership of the PDP. I have had ample time to reflect, and I have come to the difficult conclusion that this is the only tenable option for me at this time.

“Mr. Chairman, please permit me to express, through you, my gratitude to the leadership of the party for the opportunities that I have had to serve the state and the country on its platform, and for the great moments we have shared.

“The decision of what to do and where to go will be taken in the future that’s left to God.”

Abdullahi is a strong loyalist of the former Senate President, Bukola Saraki, also served as Commissioner for Education under Bukola’s administration as Kwara State Governor.

He had earlier served as Senior Special Assistant on Strategy to Bukola during the early part of his administration in the State.

Abdullahi was also the PDP candidate for the Kwara central senatorial district election in 2023. He lost the race to Salihu Mustapha of the All Progressives Congress.

However, this isn’t Abdullahi’s first resignation from a major political party. In 2018, he resigned as the National Publicity Secretary of the APC and defected to the PDP.

Lately, there have been defections from opposition parties in the country to the ruling APC.