Alagoa, an environmental rights activist, was the Bayelsa State Coordinator of the Labour Party Presidential Campaign for the 2023 election.
Comrade Morris Alagoa has dumped the Labour Party to support Governor Douye Diri of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP0 in Bayelsa State.
Alagoa, an environmental rights activist, was the Bayelsa State Coordinator of the Labour Party Presidential Campaign for the 2023 election.
In a phone interview with SaharaReporters on Tuesday about the move, Allagoa said he made the best decision he could make after considering many permutations ahead of the November 11 governorship election.
“I have looked at the candidates vying for the governorship election slated for November 11, 2023, Douye Diri seems to be the perfect person to continue his work by my calculation.
“Though Douye is not perfect, I don't want a situation where someone else will win and start the lamentation of meeting an empty treasury.
“Let the incumbent complete the eight years, particularly with road projects being embarked upon which is gradually opening up Bayelsa state,” he said.
Udengs Eradiri is the governorship candidate of the Labour Party for the election.
He has promised to revive moribund government enterprises if elected in the November 11 poll.