Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri, has officially resigned from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), marking a major political shake-up in the South-South.
The governor’s resignation, announced on Tuesday, October 15, comes barely 24 hours after Enugu State Governor, Peter Mbah, also dumped the PDP for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
In a dramatic twist, the Speaker of the Bayelsa State House of Assembly and 22 lawmakers have followed Diri’s footsteps, resigning en masse from the opposition party.
The News Chronicle gathered that Diri is on the verge of joining the APC, a move seen as part of a growing wave of defections strengthening the ruling party’s hold across the country.
