Cross River State Governor Ben Ayade has lost his bid to secure the All Progressives Congress (APC) ticket for the Northern Senatorial District of the state.
The primary result, showed that Ayade polled 52 votes to crash out against Adams Cecelia, who scored 140. Another aspirant Martin Orim scored 61 votes.
The governor would be completing his eight years as governor where he was elected under the PDP for the two terms.
He dumped the main opposition party Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in May 2021 to nurse his presidential ambition which he made known in April.
