Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri, don finally set to join the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) on Monday, according to wetin insider talk give TheStreetNewspaper.
Dem say President Bola Tinubu, APC governors and members of the National Working Committee (NWC) go dey ground to welcome Diri enter the ruling party proper.
From wetin sources talk, Diri wey resign from PDP on October 15 don dey do coded meeting with APC top men to finalize him plan to cross carpet.
One party insider yarn say dem delay the official move make everything blend well for Bayelsa APC, so that no wahala go happen before 2027 general election.
Political analysts don call this move one of the biggest political rearrangements wey don happen for South-South since 2023, as APC dey try expand for the oil-rich zone wey PDP don rule for long.
PDP don dey face plenty big defections this year, from senators to governors. Inside 2025 alone, dem don lose Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta, Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom, Peter Mbah of Enugu and now Douye Diri of Bayelsa.
Na only eight PDP governors remain now, and gist dey fly say Taraba governor, Agbu Kefas, fit be the next person to cross over to APC soon.
