It has gone viral that a particular Governor from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is set to dump his party that brought him into office for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
Although this report has not been confirmed officially, a statement credited to the Acting Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Cross River State, John Ochala, have it that Governor Ben Ayade has been speaking with some APC chieftains in the state and at the national level to clear way for him to leave the PDP and join them.
He said, “I can confirm authoritatively that Gov. Ayade has spoken with us more than five times about his intention to decamp from PDP to APC,”
“But unfortunately for him, he had set preconditions which are not acceptable to us. How can he demand that we should hand over all our party structures to him before he announces his decision to decamp?
“Such preconditions can never be acceptable to us. If we accept him, he has to come in as an ordinary member, and we shall decide which office, if at all, to give him”
The rumor is said to have been quashed by the Chief Press Secretary to Gov Ben Ayade, Mr Christian Ita. He said, “Gov Ayade has said it several times that he is not leaving the PDP for any reason. Perhaps, the people in APC just like my governor. And probably, they are misunderstanding Ayade’s closeness to President Buhari, therefore insinuating that he is nursing ambition to join them”
I personally would follow-up on his move to see what next as the Nigerian political scene is a very interesting one to always write about.