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The controversial Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi has noted that he was neither against the aspiration of Mr Peter Obi State and who is the former Governor of Anambra the presidential candidate of Labour Party, nor the quest for the Nigeria’s president of Igbo extraction in 2023.
Gov Umahi had made these clarifications on Friday after a lot of backlash he had gotten while reacting to a post making the rounds on social media quoting him as saying that he was against Mr Oeter Obi’s presidential aspiration. The post also quoted Umahi as saying that he does no longer believe in the struggle for the Nigeria’s president of Igbo extraction.
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But the Governor through a press statement signed by the State Commissioner for Information, Barrister Uchenna 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.”
