Former Anambra state governor and PDP vice presidential candidate in the 2019 presidential election, Mr. Peter Obi has tackled the administration of Prof. Ben Ayade of Cross River State.
Obi, who accompanied the National Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Uche Secondus, and other top members of the party had stormed Calabar and issued Governor Ben Ayade a quit notice for failing to deliver on his campaign promises to the people of Cross River State.
Speaking during the official Inauguration of Efiok Cobham-led Caretaker Committee and unveiling of new party state secretariat( annex) on Monday in Calabar, Obi said Cross River State is PDP and the PDP is Cross River State.
He said “When Donald Duke and Liyel Imoke were in Cross River State the state was an example but now we don’t know if the state is going forward or backward.”
Also speaking at event, the National Chairman of the party, Prince Uche Secondus, said the party will restore the freedom of Nigerian youths that was taken away under the leadership of the ruling All Progressives Congress in the country.
‘PDP is the party of the future .We are coming to reclaim and reposition Nigeria,we have the experience and we are determined restructure the country and hand it over the the youths,’ the party leader stated.
‘Nobody can stop Nigerian youths from having a voice including on social media whether Twitter, Instagram or Facebook. We are coming to restore the freedom of Nigerians especially the youths.
‘This is a quit notice to gov Ayade ,he should begin to pack his load and we also know that he is regretting joining the APC because more governor’s are joining the 14 PDP governors from the ruling APC,’ he said .
Secondus, who welcomed former governor, Mr Donald Duke back to the party, assured Cross Riverians that the state would come back to what it used to be, added that “there is no food on the table but APC blood is on the table as they are killing Nigerians.
On his part, the caretaker chairman of the PDP, Efiok Cobham said they are aware of the enormous responsibility placed in theor shoulders and they are equal to the task.
He said the state remains a PDP state and that they are not in a hurry to hand over the state to the APC.
