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FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, has criticised Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri, over his resignation from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), describing the move as \u201cvery embarrassing<\/em>\u201d.<\/p>\n Wike expressed shock that Diri, who was still playing a major role in PDP\u2019s preparations for its national convention, suddenly walked away from the party. <\/p>\n The Bayelsa governor resigned on October 15 while heading the PDP zoning committee for the November convention.<\/p>\n Speaking during a media chat on Friday in Abuja, Wike said Diri\u2019s exit confirmed the warnings he had issued over internal issues tearing the opposition apart. <\/p>\n \u201cIt is very embarrassing. The governor was the chairman of the convention committee. Diri was the chairman of the zoning committee. Even though I knew from the beginning that they were all playing games,<\/em>\u201d he said.<\/p>\n The FCT Minister noted that the defection did not surprise him, as he had repeatedly cautioned PDP leaders about losing major figures if the party failed to act.<\/p>\n \u201cHave I not said that so many governors will leave? Is it the first time you\u2019ve heard me say so? Nothing I said has not come to pass. From day one, I said if things are not done properly, PDP will continue to lose \u2014 and we will regret it<\/em>,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n He accused certain governors of ignoring due process and promoting impunity in the party, a development he believes has pushed loyal members away.<\/p>\n When asked if the defections would strengthen the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Wike declined to make predictions. He however insisted that a \u201cpolitical tsunami<\/em>\u201d was underway and that the PDP must take responsibility for its decline.<\/p>\n Dismissing claims that his criticism is rooted in personal grievances over the 2022 presidential primaries, Wike said his stance is based on principles, arguing that the PDP is already weakened by its own internal mismanagement.<\/p>\n In a related development, Wike had earlier remarked that those who publicly berated him for supposedly destabilising the PDP are now joining the APC \u2014 suggesting that his earlier warnings are being borne out.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, has criticised Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri, over his resignation from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), describing the move as \u201cvery embarrassing\u201d. Wike expressed shock that Diri, who was still playing a major role in PDP\u2019s preparations for its national convention, suddenly walked away from the party. The Bayelsa governor resigned […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":236734,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-236733","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-03-28-at-13.07.28.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236733","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=236733"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236733\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/236734"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=236733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=236733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=236733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}