Nigeria, July 17 -- Veteran journalist and former presidential aspirant, Dele Momodu, has resigned from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), citing the takeover of the party by what he described as "antidemocratic forces."

In a resignation letter dated July 17 and addressed to the chairman of PDP Ward 4 in Ihievbe, Owan East Local Government Area of Edo State, Mr Momodu said his decision to quit the party was borne out of deep concern over its current direction.

"Our party has been unarguably hijacked by antidemocratic forces, from within and outside, in broad daylight," he wrote. "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 ...