{"id":170199,"date":"2025-07-19T20:48:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-19T19:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/tanko-beji-on-atikus-departure-from-pdp-impact"},"modified":"2025-07-19T21:59:46","modified_gmt":"2025-07-19T20:59:46","slug":"tanko-beji-on-atikus-departure-from-pdp-impact","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tanko-beji-on-atikus-departure-from-pdp-impact","title":{"rendered":"Tanko Beji on Atiku&#8217;s Departure from PDP Impact"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Niger State Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Tanko Beji has downplayed the impact of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar\u2019s resignation, from the party, noting that it has not created any vacuum.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to journalists in Minna, Beji said the party remains undeterred by Atiku\u2019s departure, noting that one person\u2019s exit can lead to the influx of new members.<\/p>\n<p>He argued, \u201cHis (Atiku) resignation is a good thing for him, it\u2019s also a good thing for our party. One person goes, five persons come in. It is good; we wish him the best of luck just like hew ished us the best of luck.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Niger PDP chairman said, \u201cAtiku met us in the party, he left and then came back again, people didn\u2019t leave the party.<\/p>\n<p>He left for ACN people didn\u2019t leave the party, when he didn\u2019t get what he wanted he came back,. Now he has left again, let him go\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA political party is a thing of goodwill if he thinks that quiting the PDP will make him wins the presidency we will wait and see.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Beji further disclosed that the Congress to elect new State Working Committee (SWC) members of the party would hold in September, 2025, saying he would not be contesting, having served out his term as provided by the constitution.<\/p>\n<p>He disclosed that the congress to elect new State Working Committee (SWC) members of the party would hold in September, 2025 and preparations are ongoing.<\/p>\n<p>He, however, stated that he would not be contesting having served out his term as provided by the constitution.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Administrative Secretary of the party, Jibrin Akwanu has dumped the party and registered with the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the state<\/p>\n<p>When asked by newsmen his reason for resigning his position and joining the opposition party, he simply described the party as a sinking and dilapidated ship.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Niger State Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Tanko Beji has downplayed the impact of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar\u2019s resignation, from the party, noting that it has not created any vacuum. Speaking to journalists in Minna, Beji said the party remains undeterred by Atiku\u2019s departure, noting that one person\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":170198,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[316,254,65,18074],"class_list":["post-170199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-atiku","tag-nigeria","tag-pdp","tag-tanko-beji"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Tanko Beji on Atiku&#039;s Departure from PDP Impact - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Niger State Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Tanko Beji has downplayed the impact of former Vice Presi ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tanko-beji-on-atikus-departure-from-pdp-impact\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Tanko Beji on Atiku&#039;s Departure from PDP Impact\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Niger State Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Tanko Beji has downplayed the impact of former Vice Presi ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tanko-beji-on-atikus-departure-from-pdp-impact\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-07-19T19:48:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-07-19T20:59:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/sm_1752946272.479308.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"900\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tanko-beji-on-atikus-departure-from-pdp-impact#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tanko-beji-on-atikus-departure-from-pdp-impact\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Tanko Beji on Atiku&#8217;s Departure from PDP Impact\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-07-19T19:48:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-07-19T20:59:46+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tanko-beji-on-atikus-departure-from-pdp-impact\"},\"wordCount\":340,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tanko-beji-on-atikus-departure-from-pdp-impact#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/sm_1752946272.479308.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Atiku\",\"Nigeria\",\"PDP\",\"Tanko Beji\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tanko-beji-on-atikus-departure-from-pdp-impact#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tanko-beji-on-atikus-departure-from-pdp-impact\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tanko-beji-on-atikus-departure-from-pdp-impact\",\"name\":\"Tanko Beji on Atiku's Departure from PDP Impact - 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