PATRICK ABANG Calabar –
Former State Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Ntufam Ekpo Okon has explained why he has returned back to the PDP alongside other party faithful.
He explained that he was unable to resist Donald Duke and Venatious Ikem’s call when they both called him to return to his former party.
Ekpo who was also a former Commissioner representing Cross River State at the NDDC, expressed happiness for been received back to the fold and assured party faithful of his total loyalty to the PDP.
The former state chairman, while pledging to work with every party members, said that he and Duke were able to attained the height which they once achieved through the support of the PDP members.
Receiving the former chairman, the former state’s Governor, Mr. Donald Duke, vowed to bring back to the party, former PDP members who joined the ruling APC.
“From time to time you leave your Institution and go for sabbatical. I have had experience because I went for sabbatical too when I left the party to another party”
“And today we have our colleagues who made the party thick.
“We are not going to rest on our oars. We have work for this party since 1998. A stranger element came and took our party” he said.
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