NewStats: 3,262,579 , 8,177,573 topics. Date: Monday, 02 June 2025 at 08:22 PM 4f4t2i

Senator Florence Ita-Giwa, former Senator and Special Assistant to erstwhile President Olusegun Obasanjo says where Cross River State governor, Senator Ben Ayade goes there she goes.

Ita-Giwa told Vanguard in Calabar on Thursday shortly after the governor defected to APC that the governor is the political leader in the state and she will always go where she leads.

“We have a leader in the state and wherever he moves to my loyalty is with him”.

Ita-Giwa who was a founding member of All Nigeria People’ Party, ANPP has moved between PDP and APC four times since 1999

Giving reasons for defection Ayade said injustice and meddling in the affairs of his state led him to move to APC

“it is my responsibility to bring back Cross River to the center to enhance our fortune. We need to work ahead with our President for the future of our country”

He said the territorial integrity of the state has been interfered with and his responsibility to “resocket’ the state back to its proper disposition.

The Speaker of the Cross River House of Assembly, Eteng Jonah Williams said he will the governor in his new political voyage.

Others who were present at the Executive Chambers of the Governor’s Office who are to him include Senator Stephen Odey of Northern district of the state, Mr. Legor Idagbo representing Obudu/Obanlikwu/ Bekwara Federal constituency, and Mike Etaba of Obubra/Etung federal constituency in the House of Representatives

Governor Ayade has been having a running battle with of the national assembly who took control of the party executives.

In January and February 2020, the ward and local government Congresses were of the PDP were take over leaving Ayade with just Obudu and Obanlikwu while deputy Professor Ivara Esu with Biase.

Senator Florence Ita-Giwa said where the leader of the state goes, there she goes.

The Executive Council is expected to be dissolved soon to make room for the inclusion of APC .

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2021/05/defection-where-ayade-leads-there-i-go-%e2%80%95-ita-giwa/

See dis old woman dey follow small boy for nyansh because of politics

NONSENSE

This woman still dey do politics?

Agadi ekwe nka

PDP is dead!

From the way things are going, na only few of we haters and shildren of perdition go remain for pdp in the next 3 months.

Abiama, why hath thou forsaken us?

Politicians with no ideology na where belle face

Cross River is now fully an APC state.

A woman who has lost relevance in the scheme of things as far as Nigeria's political sphere is concerned. I would be worried if I was Ayade.

Follow dey collect your own share ma, nothing do you

Olosho politician

It's her cup of tea. Nonsense and Buhari

U are highly welcome to the party of failure

OK

That woman is the problem of their people, they have looted the state dry

Lol

Nnandi Kanu, IPOB TERRORIST, Unknown Gunmen, ESN, BIAFRANS and PDP right now.

I tot one PDP lunatic claim he left with only his brother.

okosodo:
See dis old woman dey follow small boy for nyansh because of politics

Yeye talk!

Ok

Pvibe007:

Do u sleep on Political threads? Dude get a life. If u this jobless, u can pm me ur CV .
Don’t die a useless man

Can i PM you my CV sir?

Political prostitutes

Simplyleo:
From the way things are going, na only few of we haters and shildren of perdition go remain for pdp in the next 3 months.

Abiama, why hath thou forsaken us?

I've never seen you contribute reasonably in this forum.Always vomiting hateful speech and ing evil

Shut up your foolish mouth. How many times have you made senseless comment such as this against PDP ers. Oloriburuku olofo.

Pvibe007:

Do u sleep on Political threads? Dude get a life. If u this jobless, u can pm me ur CV .
Don’t die a useless man

My simple question is "Why are people still moving to this Wicked political party"

Never will they see my vote again

Chidex50:

I've never seen you contribute reasonably in this forum.Always vomiting hateful speech and ing evil

But you have seen igbos contributing reasonably always displaying love and opposing evil. Then concentrate on their contributions and stop "seeing" mine.