BREAKING: Gov Ayade Snubs PDP Leaders, Joins APC

Despite efforts by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leadership to stop his defection from the party, Cross River State Governor, Ben Ayade, has finally crossed to the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC).

Ayade snubbed the PDP leaders who had met him earlier in May to stop his defection to the ruling party.

The governor announced his defection during a meeting with six APC governors at the Cross River Government House, reports Channels TV.

THE WHSTLER recalls that the PDP Governors’ Forum led by its chairman, Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal of Sokoto State, had met Ayade on May 5, 2021, to stop his planned defection to the APC.

Tambuwal had said after the meeting: “We are here on the mandate of the PDP-GF which was sanctioned by the National Working Committee (NWC) to come and engage with our dear brother and colleague, Prof. Ben Ayade, the Governor of Cross River State, and the stakeholders of our party here in Cross River on the issues of the congresses held here in the state that became contentious.

“We have engaged with (them) and the feelers we have is that by the grace of God we’ll soon resolve these issues and the party will bounce back as one.

“There were lots of concerns about how the congresses went about and every one of us is interested that we restore normalcy to ensure that the family is brought back together and work together for the common interest of Cross River State.”