The Bayelsa State Coordinator of the Peter Obi Presidential Campaign Council, Alagoa Morris, has defected from the Labour Party to the Peoples Democratic Party.
The Environmental Rights Activist announced this on Thursday in Yenagoa ahead of the Bayelsa State governorship poll.
The election has been slated for November 11, 2023 by the Independent National Electoral Commission.
Morris noted that Governor Duoye Diri, elected on the platform of the PDP and seeking a second term, had done so many good things, some of which are not in the public domain, hence his reason to totally support to his re-election to continue in office.
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He said: “I decided to support the incumbent governor because he is the best among the major contenders.
“Looking at the available candidates on the ground for the November 11 election, Diri is the only one who should be supported.
“I was not a member of the Labour Party before they appointed me the state coordinator and that job had been completed since, so life goes on.
“I was with Governor Douye Diri yesterday and looking at the candidates that are available, I believe he is the one that we need to support.
“This is because when anybody comes in now, what they will tell us is that they met an empty treasury.
“Therefore, this one that is already working with development partners and other stakeholders should be allowed to continue.
“Diri has done a lot of things that are not in the public domain.
“I think he is trying.
“So we have to support him to continue.”