Paul Ibe, Media Adviser to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, has asserted that the letter announcing his principal’s resignation from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was leaked, not voluntarily released.
Speaking on Arise News Wednesday night, Ibe addressed the controversy surrounding the timing of Atiku’s exit, which coincided with the national mourning period for former President Muhammadu Buhari.
He claimed that individuals against Atiku’s political ambitions, including some PDP members and their allies in the All Progressives Congress (APC), orchestrated the leak.
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“We’re here because people who never wished His Excellency Atiku Abubakar well leaked a communication of his. Yes, it was leaked,” Ibe stated.
Ibe also criticized the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, for commenting on the matter, accusing him of neglecting urgent aviation issues.
“It’s unfortunate that the Minister of Aviation, who rather should be concerned with serious issues of aviation matters… jumped into this fray as though knowing what caused an accident even before investigation,” Ibe remarked.
He maintained that the leak was a result of “rogue elements in the PDP working in cahoots with APC members,” emphasizing that the matter should not overshadow the nation’s reflection on Buhari’s death. Ibe added, “Those who claim to know why he resigned, are they clairvoyants? I would rather say we speak on something else and not this particular issue, considering the fact that the nation is still in mourning and the memories of the late President, Muhammadu Buhari, who was just interred yesterday, are still fresh.”
Atiku formally resigned from the PDP through a letter dated July 14, 2025, submitted to his local ward chairman in Adamawa State and later shared publicly by his media aide on X.
In the letter, he cited “irreconcilable differences” and expressed disappointment that the party’s current trajectory had deviated from its founding principles.
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