Barely two weeks after he defected from the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), the Cross Rivers state Governor, Ben Ayade, Thursday met with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
He was led to the State House by Chief of Staff to the President, Professor Ibrahim Gambari.
Ayade said until he defected to be ruling party, he was a committed and dedicated member of the PDP.
He said he still have great respect for his former party, the PDP, because it was the platform that gave him the ticket and supported him to win elections for senate and governor respectively.