Abisayo Busari-Akinnadeju, a presidential aspirant for the 2027 election under the Democratic Leadership Alliance (DLA), has quit the political party while demanding a total refund of her presidential nomination fees.
In her resignation letter addressed to the National Chairman of the party—which was retrieved by the News Agency of Nigeria in Akure on Friday—Mrs. Busari-Akinnadeju explained that her departure stems from the party’s failure to organize a free and fair primary election.
The DLA stalwart expressed deep concern over the party leadership’s choice to adopt a consensus candidate, calling the move counterproductive and damaging to the party’s development.
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“I write to notify you, and through you the National Working Committee, of my resignation as a member of the Democratic Leadership Alliance with immediate effect from the date of this letter.
“I do not resign in defeat. I resigned because I am not permitted a fair contest, and I will not lend my name to a process that has abandoned its own rules.
“I , therefore, respectfully request the following: written confirmation of receipt of this resignation; a refund of the presidential nomination fee I paid, the consideration for which, a fair and lawful primary, the party has not provided.
“I also ask for return of any personal documents, records, or materials of mine that remain in the possession of the party or any of its officers.
“I record my gratitude to members of the party across the country who gave their time and hope to the work we shared. They joined for the right reasons. They are not the cause of this decision, and they deserve far better than the conduct of those who now lead them,” she said.
The politician vowed that she remains fully dedicated to her presidential ambitions and her “Dare Nigeria” ideology.
“My commitment to the 2027 presidential race and the Dare Agenda, and to the millions of Nigerians who have answered the call of #DareNigeria, is undimmed and is in fact, strengthened by what I have witnessed.
“I will continue that work on a platform worthy of it.
“Nothing that has happened in recent weeks has changed my conviction. It has only confirmed why the change I am running to bring is necessary,” she said.
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She noted that she put her time and money into the party under the impression that it would provide an honest and lawful environment to foster the leadership Nigeria requires in 2027.
“The record speaks plainly, and I set it out here so that it is not forgotten.
“A party that cannot conduct a fair primary among its own aspirants cannot credibly promise a fair country to its citizens,” she said.
According to reporting from NAN, Busari-Akinnadeju comes from Akungba Akoko, located within the Akoko South-West Local Government Area of Ondo State.
