Wike mocks defectors as Diri dumps PDP with 21 Bayelsa lawmakers

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% : The two-day event, themed "FGN-PGF Synergy 2025: One Message, One Future," focused on strengthening collaboration between the federal and state governments to develop a unified communication strategy.
54% : "Those running to the ruling party are not seeking to serve, they are seeking protection.
51% : "These politicians are not seeking partnership with the people but protection from them.
50% : "After extensive consultation, today, the 15th day of October 2025, I wish to formally notify you that in keeping with the extant protocols, I, Governor Douye Diri, do hereby resign my membership of the Peoples Democratic Party.
45% : Because the Tinubu administration has failed on insecurity, failed on economic management, failed on healthcare, failed on social welfare, failed on corruption, and failed to restore Nigeria's standing in the international community.
39% : Ameh warned that voters in both Enugu and Bayelsa States were too politically sophisticated to be swayed by party switching or federal influence.
35% : Ameh, who is also a former National Chairman of the Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC), described the defections as acts of political desperation rather than strategic alignment or public service.
35% : He further accused defecting politicians of undermining democracy by treating political parties as temporary shelters rather than platforms for governance and reform.

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