Former Kaduna Governor Mukhtar Yero resigns from PDP

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Former governor of Kaduna State Mukhtar Yero has resigned from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

Yero announced his resignation from the PDP in a letter dated September 30, 2023, and written to the party’s Kaura Ward Chairman in Kaduna State’s Zaria Local Government Area.

Despite without disclosing the cause for his departure from the PDP, the former governor attached his PDP membership card to the letter he filed.

Yero served as the Governor of Kaduna State, following the death of Governor Patrick Yakowa in a helicopter crash in 2012.

He also served as Commissioner for Finance during the administration of Governor Namadi Sambo, who went on to serve as the Vice President in 2010.