Story from Kenneth AFOR, Lagos
Cross River State governor, Ben Ayade has dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Ayade made the announcement on Thursday in a meeting with six APC governours, who visited him at the Government House in Calabar, the state capital.
The APC governors are Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi State, Hope Uzodinma of Imo State, Mai Mala Buni, Yobe State governor and chairman of the party’s Caretaker and Convention Planning Committee, Simon Lalong of Plateau, Jigawa governor, Abubakar Badaru, and Ekiti State governor, Kayode Fayemi.
Ayade who served as a Senator in 2011 for four years was elected as governor of the state in 2015 as a member of the PDP.
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