OGD, as popularly being addressed in his resignation letter to the PDP leadership on his decision to resign from active and partisan with effect from March 14, 2019, declared that the decision was entirely personal. According to him, “my decision in this regard is entirely personal to me and having served in various capacities, including as Governor of Ogun State, I have resolved to immerse myself in some other vocations and take on some new challenges. Daniel declared that his decision to quit partisan politics notwithstanding, he had decided ” to rejuvenate his charity based organization, the Gateway Front Foundation (GFF) which would literally continue to dispense succour to the people in need, address and assist in the areas of some of their health challenges. He also planned the resuscitation of the non-partisan Political Leadership Academy (POLA) which he established some years ago as a platform of political education to the citizens. Whereas the national leadership of our party, recognized one candidate for the 2019 election, by court pronouncements another candidate, and in compliance with those court orders, which the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) recognized was on the INEC list“The candidates recognized by INEC were not acceptable to the national leadership of the party.

Source: Nigerian Tribune March 16, 2019 14:37 UTC