Governor of Cross River State Ben Ayade has said if the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) is willing, he might return to the party he left on Thursday.
Ayade was speaking on national television when he made this assertion, stressing that if the PDP should win the presidency in 2023, and the party is willing, he will support them.
On his possibility of going back to the PDP if it takes over in 2023, Ayade simply said: “If they’re willing, I will support them if they emerge; if they don’t want, I will remain. If I find it’s policy in line with my philosophy, but I doubt it because of the people they are parading.
Reacting to a question that 24 hours before his defection, the publicity secretary of PDP had insisted that he was not defecting, Ayade said he was still a loyal member of the PDP 24 hours before his defection.
“Kola was very right, I was actually still a loyal member before my sudden summersault to the All Progressives Congress (APC),” he said.
He further explained that the thrust on why he defected was based on the fact that his voice can’t be heard in the opposition.
On whether members of the National Assembly will defect with him, Ayade said:
“Members of the National Assembly were there and I hold the political structure of Cross River State having 38,000 political appointees across the 18 LGAs of the state.
“If Ayade defects, others must follow me because the political structure of the state is with me so they must defect with me”.
