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Following the official defection of the Governor of Cross River State, Professor Ben Ayade from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC) , his colleague governor of Abia state, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu is set to formally join the APC.
Ayade’s defection came six months after his Ebonyi State counterpart, David Umahi did and after several month of speculations of defections of Umahi, Ayade and Ikpeazu to the APC has seen Umahi and Ayade officially join the APC, setting the stage ready for Ikpeazu to join them.
A serving commissioner in the Abia State government shortly after
Ayade’s defection on Thursday revealed to a correspondent of the Sun that Gov. Ikpeazu has concluded
plans to join his former party men to the APC.
Ikpeazu’s
reason for defection is connected with his ill-treatment by the de facto
governor of the state who is now in the Senate.
The
visiting governors during Ayade’s defection were Mai Mala Buni of Yobe, Atiku
Bagudu of Kebbi, Hope Uzodinma of Imo, Simon Lalong of Plateau, Badaru Abubakar
of Jigawa and Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti.
With
his defection today, Governor Ayade becomes the only APC governor from the
South-South geopolitical zone when the ruling party lost its only governor in
the zone last year when Godwin Obaseki of Edo crossed to the PDP months to the
governorship election in that state. He won reelection on that platform.
With
Mr Ayade in the kitty, the APC now has 21 governors, the PDP 14 and the All
Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) one.
SOURCE:
THE SUN
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