•Date fixed for defection to APC
Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri, is set to dump the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Investigations revealed that Diri’s defection, which had been on the cards for months, is finally to be laid to rest on October 14.
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Sources close to the governor stated that he had carried out his defection plans discreetly because of the animosity within the leadership of the APC in the state, particularly by the group loyal to Chief Timipre Sylva, former minister of petroleum resources.
Findings indicated that Diri’s main reason for exiting was linked to the intractable crisis rocking the party, which has made it no longer attractive to the governor and majority of his political associates to pursue their political ambitions in 2027.
Diri was said to have consulted widely with some Bayelsa State elders before deciding to dump the PDP.
