The Ebonyi State Governor, Dave Umahi has debunked reports
making the rounds that he asked people of the state to vote for only the All
Progressives Congress, APC in the 2023 presidential elections.
Reports emerged on Monday alleging that Umahi had said the
state will not vote Mr. Peter Obi of Labour Party, LP, claiming that Ebonyi is
for APC.
Umahi was said to have stated this while addressing
political leaders, traditional rulers, Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN,
among other stakeholders of the state during the swearing-in of five
commissioners, the states head of service, HOS, which had taken place at the
new government house in Abakaliki.
But Umahi, in a statement by his Special Assistant on Media
and Publicity, Francis Nwaze said he was only reiterating his earlier promise
to support the APC presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu.
The statement reads partly, “Our attention has been drawn to
insinuations in some quarters suggesting that the Ebonyi State Governor, Engr.
David Umahi, FNSE, FNATE has specifically asked Ebonyi People not to vote for a
particular candidate in the 2023 Presidential election.
“What Governor Umahi did during a Stakeholders’ meeting on
Monday was in the spirit of sportsmanship to emphasize his earlier resolve to
support the eventual winner of the Presidential election who later turned out
to be Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu.
“The statement by Governor Umahi by all standards only
underscored his determination to live up to his earlier comment of supporting
the Party’s Standard Bearer”.
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