Senator Abubakar Sadiq Yaradua has officially resigned his membership from the All Progressives Congress (APC), citing a profound disillusionment with the party’s current trajectory and the governance of the nation.
The prominent Katsina-based senator’s decision, communicated in a formal letter dated 28th July 2025, marks a significant departure and includes sharp criticism of the party and the government it leads.
In his letter addressed to the Ward Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Wakilin Gabas II Ward, Katsina Local Government, Senator Yaradua stated unequivocally, “I write to happily inform you and my brothers and sisters in the A.P.C. of my resignation as a member of the party.”
He highlighted his historical commitment, noting, “As a sitting Senator, then, I and a number of many other progressives made great sacrifices to unite forces against the then President Goodluck Jonathan’s lame-duck government due to its inability to progress Nigeria and push the nation forward.”
However, Senator Yaradua expressed dismay at the current state of affairs within the party and the country.
He lamented, “Today, the same elements, who pretended to be ‘comrades’ in that struggle, but who have now laid siege on the nation and surprisingly turned out to be more retrogressive and re-actionary than those we removed in the 2015 general elections.”
The Senator declared his inability to remain in a party that he feels has abandoned its core principles. “I can not sit idly by and/or remain in a political party that has completely abandoned its foundational principles and objectives of being a servant of our teeming Talakawa (masses),” he asserted.
His resignation according to him, is also fuelled by a deep concern for the welfare of Nigerian citizens under the current administration. Senator Yaradua condemned the government’s perceived inaction, stating, “I cannot remain in a party or support a government that unashamedly watches its citizens being maimed, intimidated, sexually-harassed, assaulted, killed and uprooted from their lands, lively-hood and life possessions, while the government, its leadership and organs, at the very top of the roof, remain aloof and unconcerned.”
Furthermore, he criticised the economic policies being implemented, which he believes are detrimental to the populace.
“I can not support a party whose elected government imposes destructive economic policies that undermine, destroy, and desecrate, the lives, welfare dignity, lands and livelihood of our people,” he added.
Senator Yaradua drew a stark comparison, stating, “Those in government have truly become what Malam Nasir El-Rufai would refer to as ‘urban bandits,’ or in my view, ‘bandits in government.'”
With his membership terminated “with immediate effect,” Senator Yaradua announced his intention to join the A.D.C., which he described as “a party for all Nigerians, that is poised to change and re-shape the cause of Nigeria’s political history by restoring the nation’s lost glory.” He concluded by expressing his hope that his supporters and associates will follow him to the new political platform.
