Nigeria, Oct. 15 -- Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa State has resigned his membership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

Mr Diri's spokesperson, Daniel Alabra, confirmed this development to PREMIUM TIMES on Tuesday, 15 October.

"He has resigned from the PDP, yes. But he has not joined any other party yet," Mr Alabra told our reporter.

Mr Diri was one of the last remaining PDP governors in Nigeria's South-south region after his counterpart in Akwa Ibom State, Umo Eno, defected in June from the party to the APC.

Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State is now the only remaining PDP governor in the region.

Mr Diri's resignation from the PDP has further depleted the number of PDP governors in Nigeria to eight.

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