A former running mate for governor of the Congress of All Progressives in the 2019 Cross River State election, Ekpo Okon has left the party.
Okon returns to the PDP, where he was state president until 2015, when Senator Liyel Imoke was governor.
He held power as a commissioner in two different ministries during the administration of former Governor Donald Duke.
The president of the PDP in the state, Venatius Ikem, confirmed that they will hold a formal reception for Okon and others on Monday at the party’s secretariat in Calabar.
Ikem also confirmed that former APC stalwarts such as former Vice Speaker of the State House of Assembly Dominic Akwa Edem and former state legislators such as BOB from Biase LGA and Hon Wilson Ekpenyong from Odukpani will also be formally welcomed along with others to PDP.
Ikem said: “It is the grace of God. Most of them will return. We have a very long list of those who are formalizing their returns.
“On Monday, we are going to roll out the red carpet and play drums to welcome our members.”
There is speculation that Ekpo Okon, who was the state chairman of the NEDC, wants to launch his ambition for governor by 2023 on the platform of his original party, the PDP.
Okon, former APC governor running mate, returns to PDP