Umahi not against Obi, Igbo presidency-Ebonyi govt
From Chinedu Nwafor Abakaliki
Ebonyi State government has denied a post circulating on the social media in which Governor David Umahi was quoted as saying, he is against the presidential aspiration of the Labour Party Presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi.
The post also quoted Umahi as saying that he does no longer believe in the struggle for the Nigeria’s president of Igbo extraction.
Umahi who made the clarifications on Friday in a statement by the State Commissioner for Information and State Commissioner, Barrister Uchenna Orji, said he was neither against the presidential aspiration of Mr Peter Obi, nor the quest for the Nigeria’s president of Igbo extraction.
Orji, said the post in circulation was authored by political jobbers.
The statement reads: “The attention of Ebonyi State government has been drawn to a social media post being recently in circulation and purported to have been authored by the hard working Governor of Ebonyi State by miserable and frustrated political jobbers.
“For the records, the Governor of Ebonyi State is not against His Excellency, Peter Obi for Presidency but infact deeply appreciates his courage in his campaign.
“His Excellency,Engr Umahi never said that Peter Obi is going no where and that he does not believe in Igbo Presidency.
“However, His Excellency David Nweze Umahi is a member of APC and shall support the party in all their state and national elections as a good party man.
“The Governor believes that most party members will defend their parties during elections and people will freely vote for candidates of their choice.”
