Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State is set to dump the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) for the All Progressives Congress (APC).
The governor may announce his defection as early as tomorrow, Thursday, May 20.
As a prelude to the defection, Ayade is at the moment hosting a dinner in Government House, Calabar, with seven APC Governors in attendance.
According to Calabar blog, some of the APC Governors in attendance gathered are those of Kebbi, Yobe, Ebonyi, Imo and Nasarawa.
Ayade has been having running battle with the PDP in the state over the control of the party’s structures, which he does not have a hold on.
The governor has also not been participating in the recent events of the PDP governors.
THE WHISPERER had reported how some PDP attempted to halt his alleged defection to APC.
Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal of Sokoto State led his Delta and Enugu states counterparts, Sen. Ifeanyi Okowa and Hon. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi during the visit to Governor Ben Ayade.
After about two hours meeting, Governor Tambuwal, who is also the Chairman of the PDP-GF told journalists that the meeting “was a fruitful, peaceful and productive engagement with the stakeholders of Cross River.”
“We’re 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 Governors 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’ve 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 everyone 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,” the governor said.
