THE All Progressives Congress (APC) has called on governors in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to move to it’s fold like Cross River Governor, Ben Ayade.
Ayade defected to the APC yesterday, stating that his decision was to have his state align with the centre.
According to a statement by Secretary Caretaker Extra-Ordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC), Senator John James Akpanudoedehe, the APC described the ruling party as “dead”.
Akpanudoedehe hence called on other PDP governors to take the same decision to leave “sinking ship”.
“The All Progressives Congress (APC) congratulates the Governor of Cross River State, His Excellency Ben Ayade for his wise and timely decision to leave a dead party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for a living and thriving party, the All Progressives Congress (APC).
“We commend the patriotic disposition and judgment that shaped Governor Ayade’s decision to join forces with President Muhammadu Buhari to build a better Nigeria as a member of the APC.
“The APC is advising the other governors who are stranded in the sinking wreckage of the PDP to exercise the best option of abandoning that vessel.”
The party scribe added that: “The APC notes with satisfaction that Governor Ayade has always been an APC man at heart given the humane and progressive manner in which he managed the affairs of Cross River State.
“The people of Cross River State will now enjoy more developmental initiatives based on the APC values of delivering dividends of democracy designed to improve the wellbeing of the people.”
