The Governor of Cross River State, Ben Ayade, has restated his loyalty to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
The governor, who had a closed-door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday, said that the meeting had nothing to do with joining the All Progressives Congress (APC) as being speculated in some quarters.
Ayade spoke through a Tuesday statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Christian Ita.
He said that the meeting was to brief the president on ongoing projects in the state and had nothing to do with partisan politics.
The governor said that rumours linking him with defection to the APC were therefore false.
“The essence of my visit to Mr. President is to share with him a quarterly brief like I have always done, giving him a clear idea and indication of what Cross River State has done so far, particularly in our major signature projects, and not party politics.
“Our discussion also extended and included issues that border on financial status of Cross Rivers State vis-a-vis the Supreme Court judgement in relationship with the loss of Bakassi and its downstream economic implication of the Federal Government action and position on the issues that deal with consistent support to Cross River State,” the governor said.
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