More reactions are trailing the defection of the Cross River State Governor, Prof Ben Ayade from the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, to the All Progressive Congress, APC.
Prince Francis Omo-Osunde Iyasere, a former Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) in Edo State and immediate past member of PDP South-South Zonal Executive Committee while answering questions from journalists in Benin City said, the defection of Prof Ben Ayade, Cross River State governor was a political miscalculation, that may send him into political oblivion.
He said that Ayade asertion that he left the PDP for APC because of President Buhari commitment is most childish and a betrayal of the collective will of the people of Cross River State, particularly due to how one of their own, Justice Walter Onnoghen, was disgraced out of office by the same individual he today claims to be his mentor
“I am particularly shocked at the realization by the professor,who we look up to as one of the individuals with exceptional intelligence, playing such a game which ordinarily would be ascribed to a politician with less integrity and absurd character
“One is also tempted to advise PDP to approach the court to collect the mandate given to the PDP by the good people of Cross River State, due to his claim that the PDP has no problem because the Party made him a Senator, and a two-time governor. Therefore, if there is no problem in the PDPwhich necessitated his exit, but just for the sake of President Buhari, PDP needs to test it in the court, to ascertain if his defection meets constitutional requirements.” He said
Recall, that Prof. Ayade dumped the PDP for the APC in Calabar, the state capital at a brief ceremony attended by some APC governors on Thursday.
The governor explained that he defected to the APC to align Cross River with the government at the center.
“Having seen and known the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and his commitment to this country, his nationalistic disposition and all the efforts he has made to bring Nigeria to where we are today, it is obvious that at this point we needed to join hands with him to build a Nigeria that we can be proud of,
“We need all governors to recognize that it is not the party that matters, it is a character, it is an honour, it is a commitment to the vision of this great nation. We all need to as a team, work ahead of the president by working towards building a prosperous country that the succession worries of 2023 will come without the fears and the worries the international community has for us.
“I believe that if every one of us as governor joins hands with Mr. President, I think we can sit on the same dining table and fashion out a way to govern this country.”He concluded
