{"id":191456,"date":"2025-12-29T22:27:42","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T21:27:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/senator-gilbert-nnaji-quits-pdp-after-27-years-joins-adc"},"modified":"2025-12-29T23:38:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T22:38:08","slug":"senator-gilbert-nnaji-quits-pdp-after-27-years-joins-adc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/senator-gilbert-nnaji-quits-pdp-after-27-years-joins-adc","title":{"rendered":"Senator Gilbert Nnaji quits PDP after 27 years, joins ADC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Former Senator representing Enugu East senatorial zone, Senator Prince Gilbert Emeka Nnaji has dumped the People\u2019s Democratic Party, PDP, for the African Democratic Congress, ADC.<\/p>\n<p>Nnaji, who was a pioneer member of the PDP, conveyed his decision to quit the party in a letter dated December 26, 2026 addressed to the PDP Chairman, Umuenwene Ward, Iji Nike, Enugu East Local Government Area of Enugu state.<\/p>\n<p>In the letter entitled Notice of Resignation from the People\u2019s Democratic Party, PDP, a copy of which was obtained in Enugu on Monday, Nnaji said he could no longer remain in the party as it has not only become irredeemable but irreparable.<\/p>\n<p>He stated: \u201cI respectfully inform you of my decision to resign my membership of the People\u2019s Democratic Party, PDP, after 27 years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIndeed, it was a difficult task to arrive at this conclusion. This is particularly given the national development prospects and opportunities that the PDP of our dreams held for our dear country, Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Party was founded on the core democratic ideals driven by unity, patriotism, justice, fairness, transparency, selflessness, mutual respect, and resilience.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlso, it is verifiable that over the years, and in various capacities, I was not only faithfully committed but also made immense contributions and added tremendous value to this once-largest party in Africa, as it were.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHowever, recent developments have confirmed that the PDP of the Founding Fathers has become as irredeemable as it is irreparable. It is indeed unfortunate!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added that after extensive consultations with his family, associates, and other eminent citizens across Nigeria, \u201cI am left with the only option of seeking a better platform to continue to contribute to national development. This is essential to further my passion for a Nigeria that works for Nigerians.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMeanwhile, for the record, I have found in the African Democratic Congress, ADC, a veritable and promising ground with great and motivated like-minded compatriots to join forces in redirecting the ship of our Nigerian state.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo as I thank you for your understanding may I wish you and the PDP well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Senator Nnaji will be one of the top politicians from the South East, who will formally declare for the ADC at a ceremony holding in Enugu on Wednesday.<\/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. Former Senator representing Enugu East senatorial zone, Senator Prince Gilbert Emeka Nnaji has dumped the People\u2019s Democratic Party, PDP, for the African Democratic Congress, ADC. Nnaji, who was a pioneer member of the PDP, conveyed his decision to quit the party in a letter dated December 26, 2026 addressed to the PDP [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":191455,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[254],"class_list":["post-191456","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-nigeria"],"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>Senator Gilbert Nnaji quits PDP after 27 years, joins ADC - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Former Senator representing Enugu East senatorial zone, Senator Prince Gilbert Emeka Nnaji has dumped the People\u2019s Democ ...\" \/>\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\/senator-gilbert-nnaji-quits-pdp-after-27-years-joins-adc\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Senator Gilbert Nnaji quits PDP after 27 years, joins ADC\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Former Senator representing Enugu East senatorial zone, Senator Prince Gilbert Emeka Nnaji has dumped the People\u2019s Democ ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/senator-gilbert-nnaji-quits-pdp-after-27-years-joins-adc\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-12-29T21:27:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-12-29T22:38:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/12\/sm_1767047868.919967.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\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\/senator-gilbert-nnaji-quits-pdp-after-27-years-joins-adc#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/senator-gilbert-nnaji-quits-pdp-after-27-years-joins-adc\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Senator Gilbert Nnaji quits PDP after 27 years, joins ADC\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-12-29T21:27:42+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-12-29T22:38:08+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/senator-gilbert-nnaji-quits-pdp-after-27-years-joins-adc\"},\"wordCount\":392,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/senator-gilbert-nnaji-quits-pdp-after-27-years-joins-adc#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/12\/sm_1767047868.919967.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/senator-gilbert-nnaji-quits-pdp-after-27-years-joins-adc#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/senator-gilbert-nnaji-quits-pdp-after-27-years-joins-adc\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/senator-gilbert-nnaji-quits-pdp-after-27-years-joins-adc\",\"name\":\"Senator Gilbert Nnaji quits PDP after 27 years, joins ADC - 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