Governor Douye Diri Defends Defection to APC as Matter of Personal Conviction

[NigerianEye - Nigeria] - 3/02/2026

Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has defended his defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC), describing it as a decision driven by deep personal conviction rather than external pressure.The governor, who formally resigned from the PDP on October 15, 2025, was officially welcomed into the APC on November 3, 2025, in a high-profile ceremony in Yenagoa attended by Vice President Kashim Shettima and other prominent APC leaders.Speaking during the January edition of the monthly Praise Night at Government House, Yenagoa, on Monday night, (…)

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