The media adviser to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, Paul Ibe, has explained that the letter confirming Atiku’s resignation from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was not meant to be seen by the public.
During an interview on Arise News on Wednesday night, July 16, 2025, Ibe said the letter was leaked by people who did not support Atiku’s political ambitions.
“We’re here because people who never wished His Excellency Atiku Abubakar well leaked a communication of his. Yes, it was leaked,” he stated.
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Ibe also said the timing of the leak was suspicious, as it happened while the country was mourning the death of former President Muhammadu Buhari.
He believed the move was politically motivated.
He criticised the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, for commenting on the issue instead of focusing on problems facing the aviation sector.
“It’s unfortunate that the Minister of Aviation, who rather should be concerned with serious issues of aviation matters and there are plenty of them, like runways and better infrastructure, jumped into this fray as though knowing what caused an accident even before investigation,” Ibe said.
He said that the leak was not random, but a planned action by what he described as “rogue elements in the PDP working in cahoots with APC members.”
He urged the public not to let the situation distract from the national mourning period.
“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 on Tuesday, are still fresh,” he said.
Atiku’s resignation became public after a letter dated July 14, 2025, addressed to his ward chairman in Adamawa State, was leaked.
In the letter, Atiku said he was leaving the party due to “irreconcilable differences” and expressed disappointment in the direction the PDP had taken, saying it no longer reflected its founding principles.
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