A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bayelsa State, Barrister Festus Daumiebi Sunday, has counseled Governor Douye Diri for his determination to resign from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), describing it as a brave and visionary transfer for the state’s political future.
Talking with journalists on Thursday in Yenagoa, Daumiebi, who was an APC gubernatorial aspirant in 2023 mentioned Diri’s determination was “top-of-the-line issues that has occurred to Bayelsa State,” praising it as daring, forward-looking, and rooted in transgenerational considering.
Based on him, political events are solely automobiles for elections, and Governor Diri’s determination displays the disposition of a real statesman who understands the present political local weather in Nigeria.
“Coming to the All Progressives Congress will probably be homecoming for the Governor and his staff,” he mentioned. “I, alongside different APC leaders, will stand resolute to welcome them.”
The APC chieftain famous that Diri’s defection would carry important political weight, able to reshaping the fortunes of Bayelsa State and strengthening its reference to the federal authorities.
He additionally condemned the assaults from critics following the Governor’s defection, insisting that Diri had solely exercised his constitutional proper to freedom of affiliation.
“Governor Douye Diri coming to the APC will assist the state join higher with the federal authorities and additional deepen the imaginative and prescient of the prosperity administration,” Daumiebi mentioned.
“The Governor is a peaceable, accommodating, and bipartisan chief who has ruled Bayelsa in an inclusive method. I urge all Bayelsans to respect his inalienable proper of affiliation.”
Daumiebi additional referred to as on political leaders to place the state’s collective curiosity above private ambition, stressing that political events will not be secret societies the place membership can’t be renounced.
“The state’s curiosity should take priority over private pursuits,” he added. “I subsequently attraction to all Bayelsans to not relent of their help for Governor Diri. Political leaders should respect the non-public selections of others.”
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