‘Disappointed But Not Moved’ – PDP Reacts As Saraki’s Ex-Chief Of Staff Dumps Party After Court Case

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Publicity Secretary in Kwara State, Olusegun Adewara, has said the party is unbothered following the resignation of Gbenga Makanjuola, a former Deputy Chief of Staff to the President of the 8th Senate, Bukola Saraki, from the party.

Naija News reports that Makanjuola, a two-time House of Representatives member, announced his decision to quit the opposition party in a letter dated July 30, 2024, addressed to the ward chairman in Irepodun local government area of Kwara state.

He also copied the state chairman of the party, Hon Babatunde Mohammed.

Makanjuola, a two-time Deputy Governorship candidate of the PDP in 2019 and 2023, thanked the leadership of the party at the ward, council and state levels for the opportunity to serve in the party.

However, Makanjuola did not give a reason for the decision or whether he is joining another party.

The development is coming less than two weeks after his recent acquittal by a federal high court in Abuja, over an alleged N3.5 billion money laundering and fraud case brought against him by the EFCC.

Reacting to the issue, Adewara, in an interview with Daily Trust, said the party was disappointed but not moved over the development.

He said, “PDP will continue to progress because we are building the party around people, not individuals. For now, we don’t know whether he is quitting politics or joining another party. But if he is contemplating APC, that will be laughable.

“I don’t think the party or our leader, Dr Bukola Saraki, has offended him and he has not come out to complain about anything.

“What is clear is that the party has invested so much in him and gave him two deputy governorship tickets repeatedly at the expense of others. We are disappointed but not moved, and there is no cause for alarm at all.”