Ovation Magazine Publisher, Dele Momodu, has resigned from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and joined the African Democratic Congress (ADC).

Momodu’s resignation was contained in a letter dated July 17, 2025 and addressed to the Chairman of the PDP Ward 4, Ihievbe, in the Owan East Local Government Area, Edo State.

The veteran journalist cited the hijack of the PDP by “anti-democratic forces” as the reason for his resignation.

He disclosed that he would join the opposition coalition floated on the ADC platform to unseat President Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2027 election.

Momodu said, “I wish to inform you of my decision to resign from our political party, PDP, with immediate effect.

“My reason is simple and straightforward. Our party has been unarguably hijacked by antidemocratic forces, from within and outside, in broad daylight.

“It is, therefore, honourable to abandon the carcass of the party to them while the majority of us earnestly sign up with the new coalition party known as the African Democratic Congress (ADC).”

PDP Presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar met with Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike in Abuja on June 1, 2022.

A file photo of the PDP Presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar with Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike in Abuja on June 1, 2022.

Earlier in July, Momodu accused the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, of being a mole in the PDP, having worked for the APC in the 2023 presidential election despite being in the PDP.

“Without any doubt, people are leaving the carcass of PDP to Wike and his cronies, that’s all. It was a prophecy foretold,” Momodu said on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily programme.

He accused the APC of sending moles to opposition parties, saying that the ruling party does not want competition in the 2027 election.

“The ruling party does not want competition in 2027, so what they are doing now is to send their moles into any major formidable party,” he said.

He slammed the Tinubu administration, saying that it has made Nigeria worse than the Buhari administration left it.

“I know you might not be able to answer but is this the Nigeria of your dreams? Are you better today than you were two years ago? At least when Buhari left, we saw what he left no matter how bad it was, but it is much worse today,” he added.