2023:  Ardo Dumps PDP, Joins SDP In Adamawa

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By; TINA PHINEAS, Yola


 Dr. Umar Ardo, has dumped the People’s Democratic Party (PDP/, for the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in Adamawa State.
Ardo who was at his Yelli Ward in Kojoli, Jada Adamawa State, has officially tendered a letter of resignation from the PDP, citing impunity, injustice and dishonesty as intolerable traits that have come to characterise his former party and that they were the anomalies he had to contend with since 2011.
Ardo made the remarks over the weekend at Kojoli in Jada, Adamawa State.
Ardo said his decision to join the Social Democratic Party is driven by his desire to usher in a new wave of thinking and development in Nigerian politics starting from his hometown in Adamawa State.

 “My decision to dump the PDP  is compelled by the perennial acts of impunity, injustice and dishonesty on the part of the party”, Ardo stated.

He noted that every well intentioned Nigerian, knows that there is an urgent need for change within the political environment of the country and that is what the SDP is poised to bringing to the table in Adamawa and the country at large.
Ardo said during his time in PDP, he was compelled to charge the party to court eleven times because of the wanton rate of Impunity and sharp practices. 
“For over a decade, I have been battling with the party in and out of the court of law in an effort of getting things right but the PDP has refused to comply with the rule of law, and constitution it enacted for itself to no avail hence, as a true democrat and law abiding citizen, it has become impossible for me to continue in a political party with such vices”.
He said his legal battle with his then party was borne out of desire to restore sanity and decorum to the party. 
The former PDP stalwart said He has finally decided to leave the party for the first time since 1999 because of the chronic entrenched injustice   rooted in its erring ways with no hope for a change.

Ardo said his resignation and subsequent joining the SDP is the first step towards transforming Nigeria and changing the narrative of Nigerian politics for good.
 He said he would be running for gubernatorial office of Adamawa State and that he is confident that SDP will form government come 2023.
 While urging the people to remain resolute in fighting the PDP, Ardo said with him as the governor, Adamawa will regain its lost glory and will witness good governance premised on the rule of law, equity, equality, accountability and fairness.
While receiving Ardo into the party, the chairman of SDP, Yelli ward, Saidu Hamidu said the defection of Ardo is a significant turn-around in the fortunes of the party and with several big wigs lining up to join, the party is undoubtedly poised garnering enough momentum to claim the governorship ticket in 2023.
 He assured Ardo of the support of all party faithful, noting that they will move to every nooks and crannies to canvass for votes for him in order to realize his ambition of governing the state.
New Nigerian reports that Ardo is one of Adamawa’s longest serving Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) members.

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