- Assembly Speaker, PDP lawmakers also quit party
Bayelsa State governor, Senator Douye Diri, has resigned from the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP).
Diri, who announced this on Wednesday at the exco chamber in the Bayelsa State Government House, did not state the political party that he will be moving to.
His decision was backed by 23 members of the House of Assembly, led by the Speaker.
Speaker of the Bayelsa State House of Assembly, Rt Hon Abraham Ngobere, along with 18 PDP lawmakers, also tendered their resignation from the opposition party.
Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr. Daniel Alabrah, also confirmed the development in a post on his verified social media handle.
Governor Diri’s exit from the PDP comes 24 hours after his Enugu State counterpart, Peter Mbah, defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
As of the time of filing this report, Governor Diri had not yet declared his next move.
The PDP has already lost three governors to the APC this year, and with this development, the opposition party is left with eight governors.
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