Nigeria, April 25 -- A former Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has asked members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who no longer believe in the party's vision to exit to enable the committed one to rebuild it.

Mr Saraki, who led the Senate from 2015 to 2019, said this in a statement posted on his official X handle in reaction to the mass defection of PDP members in Delta State.

"My view is that those who want to leave the PDP should leave now and let the rest of us who want to stay concentrate on rebuilding the party and refocusing it to play the role of a viable opposition that will provide a better alternative for the good people of Nigeria," he said.

Delta State, a longtime PDP stronghold, was shaken this week when Governor Sher...