BREAKING: Bayelsa Governorship Candidate Dumps Peter Obi's Labour Party, Resignation Letter Surfaces

• One year after the governorship election in Bayelsa state, a top Labour Party (LP) chieftain, Udengs Eradiri, dumped the party
• Eradiri's political move was confirmed in a letter dated Sunday, December 8, 2024, obtained by the press
• Eradiri, the managing director (MD) of Radnitz Integrated Services Limited, was the underdog in the 2023 Bayelsa state governorship election

Legit.ng journalist Ridwan Adeola Yusuf has over 9 years of experience covering public affairs, governance, and politics.

Yenagoa, Bayelsa state— Udengs Eradiri, the Labour Party (LP) governorship candidate in the 2023 Bayelsa state election, has announced his resignation from the party.

Eradiri's running mate, Commodore Benjamin Nathus (retd), also dumped the LP, the party of the Nigerian presidential hopeful in the country's last general election, Peter Obi.

Legit.ng reports that Eradiri's defection comes a week after five federal lawmakers dumped the LP for the All Progressives Congress (APC).

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It was gathered that most of the party's local government chairmen in Bayelsa joined Eradiri and Nathus in dumping the LP.

Eradiri sent his resignation letter to the LP state chairman in Yenagoa, the state's capital.

In the letter dated Sunday, December 8, titled 'Letter of Withdrawal as Labour Party member', Eradiri stated that he made the decision to enable him to pursue his political career on a platform prepared "to provide the kind of leadership that Bayelsa deserves."

He said:

“But unfortunately, we couldn’t scale through the intrigues and challenges implanted in the party leadership."

Furthermore, Eradiri, who came third in the 2023 governorship poll, said his decision was supported by his loyalists.

The ex-Ijaw youths leader added:

“We are consulting seriously and engaging all stakeholders to know the next political party to join. Our next party of interest will be such that will enable us to provide service to the people and mice Bayelsa forward."

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Read Eradiri's letter of withdrawal as LP member below:

Bayelsa governor announces N80k pay for LG workers

Earlier, Legit.ng reported that the Bayelsa government announced that workers at the local government level will be paid N80,000 minimum wage under the unified local government scheme.

The resolution was reached at a meeting between the state government, labour leader, and council chairmen. It came after the state government approved the N80,000 minimum wage for workers in the state.

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Source: Legit.ng