Senior Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) figure Bisi Ilaka, who served as Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde’s chief of staff, has formally resigned from the party.
Ilaka praised the PDP for allowing him to serve in a variety of roles at the state and federal levels in a resignation letter dated Tuesday, February 10, which was turned over to reporters in Ibadan on Thursday.
Shortly after taking office on May 29, 2019, Governor Makinde named Ilaka his first Chief of Staff.
Segun Ogunwuyi succeeded Ilaka in 2021 and was subsequently nominated again after the general elections in 2023.
The following is what Ilaka wrote in his letter, “The Chairman, Ward 5, Oyi East LG: Re: Resignation of Party Membership”:
“I humbly submit my resignation from the PDP as your member.”
For the chances the party has provided me and the unwavering support I have received throughout the years, I will always be thankful. Till our next encounter.
His departure occurs months after Senator Agboola Ayoola, widely known as Alleluyah, a former Deputy Chief Whip of the Senate and another well-known PDP member in Oyo State, quit the party in October 2025, ending his lengthy association with the PDP.
Former governors Rashidi Ladoja and the late Adebayo Alao-Akala (2003–2011) appointed Ayoola, a native of Itesiwaju Local Government Area, as Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs.
From 2011 to 2015, he was the only PDP senator elected from the South-West, making history in the process.
