Barrister Ken Imasuagbon, a former candidate for governor and leader of the Peoples Democratic Party, resigned from the PDP on Wednesday.
The battlefront Due to his charitable act, the Edo politician gained notoriety outside of Edo State.
Imasuagbon didn’t mention his reasons for leaving the PDP in a letter he submitted to the state party chairman, Tony Aziegbemi, and the head of his local government, Esan South-east ward 2.
He expressed gratitude to the PDP’s leadership and entire membership, calling his time spent there a memorable one.
The letter reads, “Since 2009 in what was tagged the ‘Ewohimi Declaration’ where I had joined the PDP has remained a memorable journey for me and I want to thank God almighty for his benevolence.
“The course of my political journey in the PDP had afforded me the opportunity to make great and wonderful friends and had shared great moments with which I will cherish for a lifetime.
“However, the reality of the moment has made it decisive that there comes a time in a man’s life where he has to move ahead.
“Consequently, therefore I hereby tender my resignation of the membership of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP. Once again, I thank the entire leadership and body of the PDP”.
Imansuangbon, who worked tirelessly for the PDP and later the Grace Group, the PDP group that later evolved into the Action Congress, Action Congress of Nigeria, and finally the All Progressives Congress, has been running for governor since 2007, as you may recall.
Imasuagbon and a few other candidates resigned in support of Governor Godwin Obaseki in 2020 after he defected from the APC, where he had pursued his second-term ambition.