“Our Party’s Foundational Focus Has Been Derailed” — APC Chieftain Laments, Resigns

“Our Party’s Foundational Focus Has Been Derailed”

 

OpenLife News reports that former Bayelsa Governor Timipre Sylva has resigned from the All Progressives Congress, APC, saying the party’s “foundational focus has been derailed” and that it has become a “floundering ship.”

In a resignation letter dated Monday and addressed to the APC Chairman, Ward 4, Brass LGA, Sylva said the decision followed wide consultations with his family, associates and supporters.

“Having consulted widely with my family, associates, colleagues and sympathisers, I wish to formally tender my resignation from the All Progressives Congress, APC, with immediate effect,” Sylva wrote.

“Ideals We Built APC With Have Been Thwarted”

Sylva, a founding member of the APC, said he was saddened by how the party’s original ideals had been abandoned.

“As a founding member of the APC, and one who joined other well-meaning Nigerians in building the Party with sweat and money, it is deeply saddening to witness how the ideals we espoused have been so thoroughly and unrecognisably thwarted.”

He accused the current APC-led government of believing “all is fair in politics” and said the administration has disappointed Nigerians.

“The present Government, formed under the banner of the APC we once loved, has disappointed the vast majority of Nigerians. And I can see neither a credible attempt nor any possibility of a revamp.”

I’m Jettisoning A Floundering Ship

Sylva said he could no longer remain in a party whose fate “appears sealed by its irredeemable load of iniquities.”

“I therefore had no other choice than to jettison a floundering ship whose fate appears to have been sealed by its irredeemable load of iniquities.”

He expressed hope that Nigerians will “vote for Nigeria” in 2027 and free the country from the current “stranglehold.”

EFCC, Alleged Coup Plot Mentioned

In November 2025, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, declared Sylva wanted over alleged conspiracy and dishonest conversion of  $14,859,257.

He is also listed as a defendant in a 13-count charge filed by the federal government over an alleged plot to topple President Bola Tinubu.

Sylva said he sent a copy of his resignation to the EFCC, alleging the agency “has conducted itself more as an organ of the APC than as an institution of State.”

“I am fully aware that this action of mine may invite a redoubled witch-hunt against me and my associates, but that is a risk I am willing to take.”