Ikimi, former national chairman of the defunct National Republican Convention (NRC), announced his decision to quit the APC, on Tuesday.
He was one of the chairmanship aspirants of the APC when the party held its national convention in June.Ikimi was reportedly forced to step down for a former governor of Edo State, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, who eventually emerged the national chairman of the party.
He had last week complained that he had been sidelined in the scheme of things in the party.
He announced his resignation on Tuesday, in Abuja via a statement.
He said: “I have made the decision to withdraw my membership from the All Progressives Congress from today, August 27, 2014,” he said.
However, he did not say if he would join the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), but merely said he was studying the other political parties in the country.
He said, “I am at the stage of currently critically re-examining the two dominant political parties in our country, which are the APC and the PDP, in both of which I have had close working knowledge.
“I have not ignored the other political parties, but in the light of the foregoing, I must now search to really ascertain where indeed, my true political friends exist. I need to be, at this time of my life, where I have friends who share a common vision with me and where my freedom, respect, honour and dignity would be guaranteed.
“Notwithstanding my enormous contributions over the past 12 years or so, to building the alternative platform, after very deep thought and the widest consultations, I have made the decision to withdraw my membership from the APC from today, August 27, 2014,” he said.
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