• APC mocks PDP The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has reacted to the defection of Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Mr Ayade dumped the PDP for the APC in Calabar, the state capital at a brief ceremony attended by about some APC governors on Thursday. He was elected twice in 2015 and 2019 as governor on the ticket of the PDP. He had earlier been elected on the party’s platform as the senator representing Cross River North Senatorial District. The governor explained that he defected to the APC in order to align Cross River with the government at the centre.