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.
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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 and got to hotmedia.ng correspondent that Gov. Ikpeazu has concluded plans to join his former party men to the APC.
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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.
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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, APC now has 21 governors, the PDP 14 and the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) one.
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He is a failure from the beginning ,,voting him into power has been like voting Buhari into power. Abia state will not mis Him