Just In: Beyelsa Gov Diri resigns from PDP amid defection speculations
Senator Douye Diri, the Bayelsa State Governor, has officially resigned his membership from the Peoples Democratic Party, according to a post on Facebook by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Daniel Alabrah.
According to Alabrah, the Governor Diri resigned from the PDP alongside the Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Abraham Ingobere, and all the PDP members in the state legislature.
Diri’s resignation from the PDP brings to an end months of speculation over his alleged move to the All Progressives Congress, but Alabrah did not state the political party he will join.
It was learned that the governor made the announcement on Wednesday during the weekly State Executive Council meeting inside Government House, Yenagoa, adding that he has submitted his resignation letter to the party.
It is believed that the entire members of the State Executive Council have resigned alongside the governor.
When contacted on the development, Alabrah said he could not talk, “I cannot talk now,” he said.
When called for comment, the state Chairman of the PDP, Mr. Solomon Agwanana, did not pick up his call.
Source: PUNCH
