Former President of the Senate, David Mark, has resigned from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). A founding member of the PDP, Mark stepped down after being appointed as one of the interim leaders of the coalition-backed African Democratic Congress (ADC). In a statement dated June 27 and personally signed, the former Senate President explained that he was leaving the PDP largely due to its ongoing leadership crisis. The statement read: “I bring warm greetings to you and members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Otukpo Ward 1, and by extension, to the entire Benue State and Nigeria. I write to formally inform you of my decision to resign my membership of the party with immediate effect. “You may recall that over the years, I have remained firm and deeply committed to the ideals of the PDP. Even when nearly all stakeholders departed the party following our loss in the 2015 presidential election, I pledged to remain the last man standing. “I have worked steadfastly to rebuild, reconcile, and reposition the party, efforts which, without sounding immodest, helped restore the PDP to national relevance and made it once again a party of choice for many Nigerians. “However, recent events marked by deepening divisions, persistent leadership crisis, and irreconcilable differences have reduced the party to a shadow of its former self, subjecting it to public ridicule. “After wide consultations with my family, friends, and political associates, I have resolved to join the National Coalition of Political Opposition Movement in Nigeria, as part of the collective effort to rescue our nation and preserve our hard-earned democracy. Mark is one of the political figures that set up a coalition of opposition parties to unseat the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).