Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo has taken to social media to celebrate the defection of Cross River State Governor, Ben Ayade, to the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Governor Ayade announced his defection to the ruling APC on Thursday morning during a meeting with six APC state governors who visited him in Calabar.
Ayade who is a two-term serving governor and a former senator dumped his former Party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) after losing his hold on the party structures in his state.
In reaction to Ayade’s defection, Keyamo took to Twitter to say:
“I welcome one of the most cerebral, the most progressive, the most enlightened and the most accomplished Govs, Prof. Ben Ayade to the fold of the progressives. As my elder brother & friend from the S/South Region, this is the day we have been waiting for.”
