By News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) The Governor of Cross River State, Sen. Ben Ayade says he was attracted to the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) by the personal character of President Muhammadu Buhari.” Sen. Ayade recently defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the APC. “I moved into the APC because of my
By Terhemba Daka, The Guardian Newspaper Barely two weeks after he defected from the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), the Cross Rivers State Governor, Ben Ayade, Thursday met with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. He was led to the State House by Chief of Staff
For months, speculations of his defection to the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, dominated discourse in the new and traditional media. Like others before him, Professor Ben Ayade, twice elected Governor of Cross River State on the platform of the PDP, played the ostrich, in a fashion that was
By News Agency of Nigeria, NAN Speaker of Cross River House of Assembly, Hon. Eteng Jonah Williams, has said that Governor Ben Ayade was not respected and honoured by the hierarchy of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) which led to his defection to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Hon. Jonah-Williams, who spoke in an interview
By Archibong Jeremiah The factional crisis rocking the Cross River State charter of APC may have come to an end. The State Governor, Sen. Ben Ayade facilitated the sheathing of swords by the warlords fighting for control of the party in an integration dinner held Sunday at Dorschester hall, Spar Mall, Calabar. The Governor whose
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Governor Ben Ayade has recalled his aide on aviation, Agbiji Mbeh Agbiji hours after he was sacked. This is contained in a statement signed by his spokesman, Mr. Christian Ita and issued on Monday afternoon, hours after a different statement said he, alongside 8 other had been “relieved” of their appointments. “Hon.
By Ushang Ewa Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State has relieved four commissioners of their appointments after they refused to defect to the All Progressives Congress (APC) with him. They are Messrs Mike Usibe, Rita Ayim, Asu Okang and Donatus Etim. The quartet had allegedly resigned their appointments after Mr. Ayade was railroaded into
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Governor Ben Ayade has approved the suspension of the Clan Head of Abi and Paramount Ruler of Etung Local Government Area, Ntufam Emmanuel Oru Ojong says a statement signed by his aide on Chieftaincy Affairs, Adoga Victor. The statement, dated May 28th, 2021 explained that the monarch’s suspension was due to “unwholesome