A former senator and founding member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abubakar Sadiq Yaradua, has resigned from the ruling party.
This was contained in a letter addressed to his ward chairman in Wakilin Gabas II, Katsina Local Government.
In the letter, Yaradua said the APC has failed the Nigerian people and abandoned its original mission.
“I can no longer remain in a party that has completely abandoned its foundational principles and objectives of being a servant of our teeming talakawa (masses),” he wrote.
Yaradua, who played a role in forming the defunct Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), accused the APC-led government of worsening insecurity and making life harder for Nigerians.
“I cannot remain in a party or support a government that unashamedly watches its citizens being maimed, assaulted, and killed while it remains unconcerned,” he said.
“I cannot support a party whose elected government imposes destructive economic policies that destroy the lives and welfare of our people.”
He referred to APC leaders as bandits in government.
Yaradua also said he would join efforts to remove the APC through democratic means.
He further called on his supporters to join him in the African Democratic Congress (ADC), which he described as a party for all Nigerians.