US EditionDefection: I won’t compel my deputy to join APC – Gov Diri
Governor Diri respects his deputy’s choice not to join APC after defection from PDP and highlights discontinued impeachment suit amid calls for unity and development.
- On Wednesday, Governor Douye Diri told the State Executive Council he will not compel Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo to join the APC, stressing engagement over confrontation at Government House, Yenagoa.
- Diri resigned from the PDP on October 15 and formally joined the APC on November 3, thanking leaders and pledging loyalty to President Bola Tinubu, President of Nigeria, and Vice President Kashim Shettima, Vice President of Nigeria.
- The governor's chief press secretary said Ewhrudjakpo discontinued a Federal High Court in Abuja case to halt impeachment after talks with Governor Diri; he had sought an injunction to stop the state House of Assembly.
- The governor called on Bayelsa residents to prioritise unity and treat politics as a tool for development, dismissing reports of armed men as fake news and assuring state security agencies remain alert.
- Diri said ongoing talks could lead to a joint party, adding `But we will continue to talk, and we might end up at the same party tomorrow` and `I might have the power today, but not tomorrow`.
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News360 Info - Breaking News, Nigerian News and Multimedia, World News.Defection: I won’t compel my deputy to join APC – Gov Diri
Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa State says he will not force his deputy, Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, to join him in the All Progressives Congress, APC. DAILY POST reports that Diri formally joined the APC on November 3, after resigning from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on October 15. Recall that his deputy had previously sought a court injunction to prevent the state House of Assembly from impeaching him over his refusal to join the APC. Speaking…
I Won’t Force My Deputy To Join APC — Gov Diri
Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri, has said he will not compel his deputy, Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, to join the All Progressives Congress (APC) following his recent defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Speaking during the weekly State Executive Council meeting at Government House, Yenagoa, on Wednesday, with Ewhrudjakpo in attendance, Governor Diri said although it is difficult for both of them to belong to different political partie…
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