David Umahi, governor of Ebonyi
state, has endorsed Femi Gbajabiamila, majority leader of the house of
representatives, as speaker of the lower legislative chamber in the 9th
assembly.
Umahi, a member of the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP), endorsed the All Progressives Congress (APC) lawmaker
when he received him at government house, Abakaliki, the state capital, on
Tuesday.
Accompanied by some lawmakers,
including Abdulmumin Jibrin, spokesman of his campaign, Gbajabiamila visited
Ebonyi to solicit the support of Umahi.
The governor urged Gbajabiamila
to carry every member along in the 9th assembly irrespective of party
affiliation.
During the campaign of the 2019
general election, Umahi directed at least 2000 people to welcome President
Muhammadu Buhari to the state.
He also mobilised crowd for the
president’s rally at the Pa Ngele Oruta stadium, Abakaliki.
Umahi later told reporters that
he took the action because the president deserved to be accorded all necessary
courtesy.
“Now, the crowd you saw there at
the stadium, 2,000 of them, were from me because I know they (the APC) have
nobody,” he had said.
“But for it not to seem like
Ebonyi people don’t love Mr. President, I had to make available 2,000 persons
to come and cheer the president.
“That is why if you check the
crowd, while they were castigating me unduly, the crowds were not clapping’,
the people were not happy. But for the respect they have for Mr. President,
they could have booed them. I had to do what I did because I’m not into extreme
politics; I’m into politics for development.”
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I'm a fan of this governor.. He's wise.. he does not allow that he's a pdp man becloud his sense of judgement
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