{"id":7340,"date":"2026-03-11T14:57:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T14:57:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southeastposts.com\/?p=7340"},"modified":"2026-03-11T14:57:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T14:57:09","slug":"akobundu-resigns-from-pdp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southeastposts.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/11\/akobundu-resigns-from-pdp\/","title":{"rendered":"\u200eAkobundu Resigns from PDP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u200eSenator Austin Akobundu, representing Abia Central Senatorial District, has resigned from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) with immediate effect.<br \/>\n\u200e<br \/>\n\u200eIn a letter to the PDP Ward Chairman, he cited the party&#8217;s internal crises and thanked the party for opportunities to serve in various capacities.<br \/>\n\u200e<br \/>\n\u200eThe letter reads: &#8220;It is with immense regret that I write to inform you of my resignation from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) with immediate effect. I have taken time to reflect on my journey with the party and appreciate the opportunities given me to serve.<br \/>\n\u200e<br \/>\n\u200eHowever, the party&#8217;s sad and intractable crises have led me to take this painful decision after consultations with associates and supporters.&#8221;<br \/>\n\u200e<br \/>\n\u200eAkobundu&#8217;s next move is unclear, but speculation suggests he might join the African Democratic Congress (ADC) ahead of the 2027 elections.<br \/>\n\u200e<br \/>\n\u200eHis resignation letter didn&#8217;t mention a specific party, leaving his future plans uncertain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u200eSenator Austin Akobundu, representing Abia Central Senatorial District, has resigned from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) with immediate effect. \u200e \u200eIn a letter to the PDP Ward Chairman, he cited the party&#8217;s internal crises and thanked the party for opportunities to serve in various capacities. \u200e \u200eThe letter reads: &#8220;It is with immense regret that I write to inform you of my resignation from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) with immediate effect. I have taken time to reflect on my journey with the party and appreciate the opportunities given me to serve. \u200e \u200eHowever, the party&#8217;s sad and intractable crises [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7341,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[130,1],"tags":[1360,32,514],"class_list":["post-7340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-politics","tag-adc","tag-pdp","tag-senator-akobundu"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southeastposts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7340","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/southeastposts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/southeastposts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southeastposts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southeastposts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7340"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/southeastposts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7340\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7342,"href":"https:\/\/southeastposts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7340\/revisions\/7342"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southeastposts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7341"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southeastposts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southeastposts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southeastposts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}