{"id":38593,"date":"2021-05-27T07:02:38","date_gmt":"2021-05-27T06:02:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=38593"},"modified":"2021-05-27T07:03:24","modified_gmt":"2021-05-27T06:03:24","slug":"donald-duke-reacts-to-ayades-defection-to-apc-says-it-is-unfortunate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/05\/27\/donald-duke-reacts-to-ayades-defection-to-apc-says-it-is-unfortunate\/","title":{"rendered":"Donald Duke reacts to Ayade&#8217;s defection to APC, says it is unfortunate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former governor of Cross River state, Donald Duke has disclosed that he returned to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Duke, who served as governor for eight years on the platform of PDP, left the party in 2018 to contest for the presidential election under the Social Democratic Party (SDP).<\/p>\n<p>Duke had stated that he left the PDP because the &#8220;umbrella was breaking&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement on Wednesday, Duke said Ben Ayade, governor of the state, urged him to return to the PDP, adding that it was unfortunate the governor defected from the party.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDear Friends, a lot is being said about my return to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Truth is, I reunited with the party almost a year ago now, but in spirit never left the ideals for which the party was founded upon. It is rather unfortunate that Governor Ben Ayade who constantly egged me to rejoin the party has himself had cause to leave,\u201d Duke said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA rather unfortunate decision for which I neither support nor condemn, as I\u2019m not privy to the details except his complaints of being stifled and unappreciated by the leadership of the party and certain elements of Cross River State origin at Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn our early to mid thirties buoyed by optimism and faith in our State and Nation, we took a plunge into the unknown world of politics. Providence smiled at us and thrust us into the limelight and leadership\u00a0of national politics.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cIn <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/05\/20\/breaking-cross-river-governor-ben-ayade-dumps-pdp-for-apc\/\">Cross River<\/a> State, we took on the establishment and won a razor thin victory in 1999, but through firm and adroit leadership and adherence to the democratic principles of inclusion we soon brought largely all the political class in the state under the PDP and by 2007, we were perhaps the most PDP state in Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHowever, post 2007, the party\u2019s fortune started ebbing. An autocratic leadership style emerged, communication with its followers declined and emergence in the party was determined largely not by the party constitution or structures but by the whims of the States Chief Executive. This is the structure Gov Ayade inherited and has largely led us to where we are today.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe very top down political style we fought against prior 1999, instead of consultation, accommodation and inclusion reared its head to the extent that founding members of the party in the state including former state chairmen, senators, members of the National Assembly and I, over time opted out and this attrition\u00a0has continued unabated to the extent that the Governor himself has left to seek pasture elsewhere.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Duke added that the party needs to rebuild its structure for young aspirants to take over the mantle of leadership.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former governor of Cross River state, Donald Duke has disclosed that he returned to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 2020. 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