Cross Rivers State Governor Ben Ayade has dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
Governor Ayade announced his decision on Thursday after a closed-door meeting with six APC governors and some members of the National Assembly who visited him at the Government House.
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Members of the state executive council were also at the meeting, Channels TV reported.
The governors who visited Ayade include Abubakar Bagudu (Kebbi); Hope Uzodinma (Imo); Mai Mala Buni (Yobe); Simon Lalong (Plateau); Mohammed Abubakar (Jigawa) and Kayode Fayemi (Ekiti).
Meanwhile, Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo, SAN, said “I welcome one of the most cerebral, the most progressive, the most enlightened and the most accomplished Govs, Prof. Ben Ayade to the fold of the progressives.
“As my elder brother & friend from the S/South Region, this is the day we have been waiting for.”
