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Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Chairman of opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Cross River State, Venatius Ikem, has explained that they had to wrestle power from Gov Ben Ayade when he was becoming autocratic while he was a member of the party.<\/p>\n

He said the governor wanted to control all party structures in the state, attempting to install every party official and ignoring stakeholders.<\/p>\n

Ikem was a guest on Let\u2019s Talk Nigeria, a flagship discussion programme on a local radio, Sparkling FM, on Friday morning.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe frustrated the governor out of PDP alongside a handful of his appointees. He wasn\u2019t creative. He wasn\u2019t democratic.<\/p>\n

\u201cAyade wanted to control all party structures. He was imposing his personal will but we are a democratic party in all sense of the word.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur members rose and thwarted such personal desires upon all members. He became very frustrated, which reason he left us,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He went on to explain that his emergence as PDP governor in 2015 was the singular product of Senator Liyel Imoke who was then the governor.<\/p>\n

\u201cImoke has since accepted his mistake; regretting, going from one campaign ground to other events venues, apologising and pleading to be forgiven for foisting him on the people.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe accept that we all make mistakes as humans. But when Ayade moved out of PDP, we happily saw it as good riddance to bad rubbish,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Talking about the governor\u2019s style of governance, Ikem said they have consistently and persistently criticised Ayade\u2019s phantom projects, recruitments, and style of governance where he has turned the state into a dumpsite, exposing citizens to health hazards.<\/p>\n

On the chances of the PDP, Ikem expressed excitement that due to the loud applause from the people, he was confident that they will emerge victorious in the gubernatorial election on March 11, 2023.<\/p>\n

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