Nigeria, Dec. 31 -- Gilbert Nnaji, a former Nigerian senator, has resigned his membership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

Mr Nnaji, who represented Enugu East District under the PDP platform from 2011 to 2019, announced this in his resignation letter, which he uploaded on Facebook on Monday.

The former senator addressed the letter to the chairperson of the PDP in his Umuenwene Ward, Iji-Nike, a community in the Enugu East Local Government Area of Enugu State.

He said his decision to resign from the PDP after 27 years in the party was "a difficult task."

"I respectfully inform you of my decision to resign my membership of the Peoples Democratic Party after 27 years.

"Indeed, it was a difficult task to arrive at this conclusion....