Ben Ayade, Cross River Gov, Mobilizes Betta Edu On Defection Drive To APC

<p><em>Ben Ayade has perfected plans to join the All Progressives Congress&comma; APC<&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> can reports that governor Ben <strong>Ayade<&sol;strong> of Cross River State has perfected plans to join the All Progressives Congress&comma; APC&comma; ahead of the 2023 general election in Nigeria&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;An authoritative source confirmed to OpenLife Nigeria that Governor Ben Ayade has been promised a ministerial job in the envisaged post 2023 victory of the APC in the federal cabinet&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;This promise depends largely if Ben Ayade deploys his incumbency influence to deliver the State to APC in the 2023 elections&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;He has also been promised &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;a no probe” by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission&comma; EFCC if &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;he commits his loyalty to APC victory&period;”<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;He has concluded plans to join APC&period; The only problem he is currently having is his followers&period; Some of his cabinet commissioners are not ready to leave with him to APC&period; Same thing with some of the Assembly members&comma;” OpenLife credible source stated&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;However&comma; OpenLife Nigeria gathered that governor Ben Ayade has mobilized Betta Edu&comma; his commissioner for Health to embark on the recruitment drive and lure &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;recalcitrant officers into the APC project&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Betta Edu was the governor’s former Director General&comma; Cross River State Primary Health Care Development Agency CRSPHCDA as well as his former special Adviser on Community health&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Betta Edu who is believed to exude much influence and respects within and outside government circles has been told to deliver the <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">governor’s message<&sol;a> in clear terms&semi; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Join or get sack&period;”<br &sol;>&NewLine;OpenLife Nigeria’s source further hinted that governor Ben Ayade&comma; the 3rd democraticalled elected governor of the State since 1999 on the platform of Peoples Democratic Party&comma; PDP&comma; is billed to met President Muhammadu Buhari soon for the defection blessings and assurance&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;