Cross River State chapter of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, has affirmed the endorsement of the state governor, Prof. Ben Ayade by 18 chairmen of the party in the state, ahead of Saturday’s election.
Barely 48 hours after Ayade was adopted, the state chairman of the party, Chief Ikpi Eni affirmed the decision which he described as “authentic”.
He said the adoption was in line with the decision of the state Executive Council of the party as well as the National Working Committee.
In a statement obtained by DAILY POST, Eni said: “The decision to adopt Governor Ayade is authentic. And I am also confirming that it was an act of a resolution we had arrived at as a party to adopt the governor.”
Justifying why SDP adopted Ayade, Eni said: “From what we have seen so far, there is nothing sufficient to indicate the seriousness and preparedness of the SDP governorship candidate for the March 9 election.
“Despite my repeated demand of his blueprint from his campaign organization, there is nothing to convince us that our party in the state is ready for the election.”
The SDP state chairman stated that the achievements of Governor Ayade was clear to everyone in the state that he deserves a second term.
“SDP can only encourage and be part of the generality of Cross Riverians to support his second term bid. And that was contained in our collective action as the state Executive Council to adopt him to run for a second term. The decision is total and collective,” he added.
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