By: Peace udugba -The daily torch media
Former Cross River State Governor, Donald Duke, has officially dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the African Democratic Congress (ADC).
Amid cheers from his supporters, Duke was formally received into the ADC and issued his membership card in Ward 5 of Calabar Municipality. This marks his second exit from the PDP, having previously left the party for the Social Democratic Party (SDP), where he emerged as its presidential candidate — a move that generated widespread controversy at the time.
Meanwhile, the leadership of the ADC in Bakassi Local Government Area has urged Cross Riverians to align with the party, describing it as a credible platform capable of driving meaningful and transformative change in Nigeria.
The call followed a stakeholders’ meeting involving chapter executive members, ward chairmen and secretaries of the party in Bakassi. At the meeting, party leaders challenged Nigerians to reclaim the country from what they described as the misrule of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
In a statement made available to journalists in Calabar on Friday, the party called on undecided citizens to join its fold, saying the ADC is well positioned to deliver a new direction for the country.
“We invite our family and friends who are still undecided to join the ADC today, as the party is poised to bring about transformative change in Nigeria,” the statement read.
The statement, signed by the Bakassi Chapter Chairman, Emmanuel Asuquo, and the Secretary, Eko Boco, reaffirmed the chapter’s loyalty to the national leadership of the party.
The chapter expressed “unwavering support and confidence” in the leadership of Senator David Mark, National Chairman, and Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, National Secretary, while pledging loyalty to all recognised organs and structures of the party at all levels as it works towards building a strong and united ADC.
