Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa State has dumped 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.
Diri’s defection came 24 hours after his Enugu State counterpart, Peter Mbah, dumped the party for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
A few hours ago, Governor Diri and former President Goodluck Jonathan, had attended the commissioning of the Best Western Plus hotel in Yenagoa.
Governor Diri had served as a Commissioner when Jonathan was the governor of Bayelsa.
He was also the Principal Secretary to then Governor Seriake Dickson, his predecessor.
Diri was elected as the House of Representatives member in 2015 under PDP, and in 2019, he was elected as a Senator for Bayelsa Central.
He became governor of Bayelsa in 2020 and was re-elected under the PDP in 2023.
Bayelsa governor Douye Diri dumps PDP
