David Umahi, governor of Ebonyi state, has finally confirmed
his defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives
Congress (APC).
There have been reports on the governor leaving the PDP
where he served as deputy governor and was twice elected governor but Umahi has
not spoken publicly about it.
After a meeting with Mai Mala Buni, governor of Yobe and
chairman of the APC caretaker committee, on Monday, Hope Uzodinma, governor of
Imo, had said Umahi will confirm his defection to the APC “in a few hours”.
At a press conference in Abakaliki, capital of Ebonyi, on
Tuesday, Umahi confirmed that he has joined the ruling party.
He attributed the action to the “injustice” done to the
south-east PDP, wondering why the PDP has not zoned the presidency to the
region.
“Let me clear the air and state that I never sort for the
ticket of PDP Presidency and I will not. Whoever that said that I moved to APC
because they refused to zone the ticket to me is being very mischievous.
Because even if PDP promises me, an individual a presidential ticket, how does
it work?”
“It is expected that we’ll over 8000 delegates would elect
the person and such promise can not happen without more than 10 or 20 people.
People are being very mischievous but I tell you, there are a lot of prominent
people from South East that can take the slot of PDP.
“Why am I moving to APC? Some people said I was promised
this and that but I tell you, there is no such discussion. APC never promised
me any position, they never promised South East any position, there was no such
discussion, however I offered this movement as a protest to the injustice being
done to South East by the PDP since 1998 till date.”
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Nice move mr governor. Hope you make my dear party APC a better place. You are welcome
ReplyDeleteThe Supreme court appointed administrator of Imo state will be all too happy for his convert coming out to declare to the public. What an achievement by this man.
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