Ayade Dumps PDP, Joins APC

By Bassey Inyang

The Governor of Cross River State, Prof. Ben Ayade, has defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), to the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Ayade announced his defection Thursday morning at the Executive Council Chamber of the Governor’s Office while hosting some governors of the APC; among them Dr. Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State, Senator Hope Uzodimma of Imo State, Hon. Simon Lalong of Plateau State and the Chairman of APC National Caretaker Committee and Yobe State Governor, Mr. Mai Mala Buni, who had stormed the state since Wednesday to lobby him to join the ruling party.

While announcing his defection from the PDP, Ayade declared that henceforth, Cross River State has become an APC state, and urged all his supporters and followers to go to their respective wards and register with his new party.

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