The Cross Rivers State Governor, Ben Ayade has dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and joined the ruling ALL Progressives Congress (APC).
Ayade announced his decision at the Cross Rivers State government house on Thursday morning after a closed-door meeting with six APC governors and some members of the of the National Assembly.
Also present at the meeting were members of the state executive council.
AIT reports Ayade’s reasons for dumping the the PDP:
Ayade was immediately declared the Cross Rivers State Party Leader by the APC National Caretaker Chairman and Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni.
The governors who visited Ayade include Abubakar Bagudu of Kebbi State; Hope Uzodinma of Imo State; Mai Mala Buni of Yobe State; Simon Lalong of Plateau State; Mohammed Abubakar of Jigawa State, and Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State.
One of the first APC Chieftains to welcome Ayade is Festus Keyamo, SAN@fkeyamo· who said that, “I welcome one of the most cerebral, the most progressive, the most enlightened and the most accomplished Govs, Prof. Ben Ayade to the fold of the progressives. As my elder brother & friend from the S/South Region, this is the day we have been waiting for.”
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