Two appointees of the Cross River state government have resigned their appointment, saying they would not leave the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC), as demanded by the governor, Ben Ayade.
Governor Ayade had, two weeks ago, defected to the APC and demanded that all his appointees and members of the state House of Assembly should join him.
Last week, he sacked eight appointees who were reluctant to join him in APC, although two of those ‘sacked’, had earlier resigned their appointments.
On Monday, special adviser on Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), Hon. Mark Obi, and director general, Urban Renewal Commission (South), Cecil Cecil Ita, sent in their resignation letters.
They said their conscience would not permit them to leave PDP for any reason.
“Following recent happenings in the political alignment of the state governor, I am persuaded to review my involvement in the current state administration.
“Consequently, being a founding and subsisting member of the People’s Democratic Party in Cross River state, I cannot in good conscience remain in my current appointment as special adviser. I hereby resign my appointment as special adviser.
“I am grateful to Your Excellency for finding me worthy to serve the state in the said capacity. Nevertheless, I will continue to support the state and government in any way possible as a stakeholder and senior citizen. Please accept my best regards,” Obi said in his resignation letter, which was made available to Blueprint reporter in Calabar, Monday.
Cecil, on his part said, “Please accept this letter as formal notice of my resignation as a director general Urban Renewal Commission (South). After a period of consideration, I have decided to remain with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
