The government of Cross River State has debunked the suggestion that its governor, Prof Ben Ayade, had ordered his aides to compile list of delegates for the forthcoming primary elections of the Peoples Democratic Party in the State.
The government dismissed the story on Friday through a statement by the governor’s Senior Special Assistant (Media) & Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Christian Ita, describing the story as malicious, misleading and patently false.
Below is the text of the terse statement:
“The attention of the Office of the Governor of Cross River State has been drawn to a false and misleading information making the rounds that the state governor, His Excellency, Prof. Ben Ayade recently issued an order to his appointees to compile names of persons as delegates for the forthcoming Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) primaries.
“This claim is not only malicious and misleading but patently false.
“The governor simply asked for a strategy and technical paper on the various steps required to be taken towards the party primaries not a delegate list collection nor zoning to be carried out. Be so advised please.”