The former governor of Cross River State Donald Duke has returned to the Peoples Democratic Party. The Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party Caretaker Committee in Cross River State, Effiok Cobham, disclosed this on Wednesday at a press briefing in Calabar. When asked to confirm the speculations that the former Governor.The Advocate
Donald Duke returns to PDP
The Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party Caretaker
Committee in Cross River State, Effiok Cobham, disclosed this on Wednesday at a
press briefing in Calabar.
When asked to confirm the speculations that the former
Governor had returned to the party, he said, “Yes, he has registered.”
This development follows the defection of Governor Ben Ayade
to the All Progressives Congress on May 20.
Duke earlier defected from PDP to the Social Democratic
Party, where he contested the 2019 presidential election.
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The former governor of Cross River State Donald Duke has returned to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Punch reports.
The Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party Caretaker Committee in Cross River State, Effiok Cobham, disclosed this on Wednesday, 26 May, at a press briefing in Calabar.
When asked to confirm the speculations that the former Governor had returned to the party, he said, “Yes, he has registered.”
This development follows the defection of Governor Ben Ayade to the All Progressives Congress on May 20.
Duke earlier defected from PDP to the Social Democratic Party, where he contested the 2019 presidential election.
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Published 26 May 2021
THE Cross River State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party has alleged that its important documents and other property were carted away following the acquisition of its secretariat by the All Progressives Congress.
The allegation was contained in a statement titled, ‘Crucial Documents and other Properties Belonging to PDP have gone Missing’ signed by the PDP Caretaker Committee Chairman, Effiok Cobham, in Calabar on Tuesday.
The statement read in part, “Following the defection of the Governor of Cross River State, His Excellency Prof. Ben Ayade to the All Progressives Congress, eyewitnesses have earlier today, 25th of May, 2021 informed the PDP Caretaker committee that vital documents belonging to the Peoples Democratic Party in the now seized and converted building into an All Progressive Congress Secretariat have been carted away.
• C’River Police Command warns against violence It was long in coming, but the dust of Governor Benedict Ayade’s cross over to All Progressives Congress (APC) from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that gifted him the platform for his two terms in office, has continued to swirl. From day one, it was obvious that the Cross River State governor was not in PDP to stay, only that the day of his expected move to APC was uncertain. Senator Ayade’s romance with President Muhammadu Buhari was very strong, especially when the former Chief of Staff, late Abba Kiari, was alive.