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The majority of People’s Democratic Party (PDP) lawmakers in the Bayelsa State House of Assembly have endorsed the decision of Governor Douye Diri to defect to the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Presently, there are 19 members of the PDP in the 24-man legislature while the opposition has five members.

Sources disclosed to Sunday Sun that as part of his consultation with stakeholders towards his defection plans, Diri had told the Speaker, Rt Hon Abraham Ngobere, to sample the opinion of his colleagues.

Diri’s earlier consultation with the National Assembly caucus was not too fruitful, as the House caucus rejected the move.

Sources said Hon Fred Agbedi (Sagbama/ Ekeremor) is spearheading the rejection because the defection to APC would mean him (Agbedi) being subjected to the political leadership of the Minister of State for Oil, Senator Heineken Lokpobiri.


The dissenting voices from the National Assembly notwithstanding, Diri, who travelled with Ngobere to France recently, mandated the Speaker to get the views about his defection from his colleagues.


Sources told Sunday Sun that at the meeting convened recently by Ngobere at his residence to discuss the defection to the APC, the majority of the lawmakers endorsed the defection, arguing that it was in the best interest of the state and timely too.

According to some of them who spoke, the PDP is in crisis, and it can no longer guarantee their political future.

However, three of the 19 lawmakers were said to have rejected the move, arguing that it was not the right time.

Two of those who rejected the move were said to be from Sagbama Local Government, while the third lawmaker is from Kolokuma/ Opokuma.

A member of the House confirmed that the meeting took place and also confirmed that the majority of them have endorsed the decision of the governor to defect to the APC.

“Yes, the Speaker has called us and we have met. The truth is that we are moving. We have given our consent to the governor.

It is no longer a secret that we are leaving PDP.‘’

The Chief of Staff to the Speaker, Mr Domo Adams, said he was not aware of such a meeting. According to him, he was just hearing about such a meeting for the first time.

Also, the House Committee Chairman on Information, Hon Wisdom Fafi, when asked about the meeting where the state lawmakers endorsed the defection to APC, said he was not aware.

fergie001:
Onye ka f'oziri

This 2027 just dey set itself up everyday

zero8zero:
https://thesun.ng/bayelsa-pdp-lawmakers-endorse-diris-defection-to-apc/

Mabuggi88:
Otilo ..... greedy mofos in government


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Basic123:
OBI people will be like

1.He has just one vote

2.Its APC versus Nigerians(since DIRI and his supporters are FROM ZAMBIA


BUT

They will jubilate if he had joined OBIdients and forget about the 2 points above.


BUT

Why is OBI not receiving anyone to his camp?...Instead ,people are just abandoning him?

Putindbutt:
Are the people forming coalition too not greedy?. The coalition people have two heads?. dey deceive unaself.

Mabuggi88:
In our town we call people like you Suffering and smiling

zero8zero:
This same Diri that was fighting Wike from doing rally for Mr President in his state a few months ago, Lol. Anyways, I feel like there's a southern solidarity for Tinubu.

Basic123:
OBI people will be like

1.He has just one vote

2.Its APC versus Nigerians(since DIRI and his supporters are FROM ZAMBIA


BUT

They will jubilate if he had joined OBIdients and forget about the 2 points above.


BUT

Why is OBI not receiving anyone to his camp?...Instead ,people are just abandoning him?

flokii:
Omo fear Jagaban style of politics o.. he has retrieved the SS from Atiku's grip.
SW, SS, NC/Middle Belt and parts of NW + FCT will deliver for Mr.President come 2027.

Atiku, Obi and others can share SE and NE votes.

Sannisege:
They will tell you Obi is not desperate but the same guy went to prostrate for Malami.

SmartEnergyng:
Who wants to align with a loser? By the way on whose platform is Obi contesting in 2027?
Obi himself does not know!

highchief1:
ur calculations shows that u don’t know what politics is all about.in 2023,how many governors could win their states?Why do u think a Govs defection mean he has won the state.

zero8zero:
This same Diri that was fighting Wike from doing rally for Mr President in his state a few months ago, Lol. Anyways, I feel like there's a southern solidarity for Tinubu.