The Ebonyi State chapter of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has advised the governing All Progressives Congress, APC’s Presidential candidate, Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu, not to be duped by Governor David Umahi’s pledge that Ebonyi will vote in large numbers in the 2023 general election.
The PDP stated this in a statement signed by Mr Chika Nwoba, its Publicity Secretary, and made available to DAILY POST in Abakaliki, asserting that Ebonyi State remained a bastion of the party in the country.
The Party was responding to a remark attributed to the State Governor, Chief David Umahi, in which he urged Nigerians not to vote for the Labour Party, LP, or the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the next general election.
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Umahi, who swore in five commissioners, a Head of Service, HOS, and several development center co-ordinators at the new Government House in Centenary City, Abakaliki, warned stakeholders not to support burgeoning political parties, particularly the LP, whose presidential candidate is Mr Peter Obi.
According to Nwoba: “The attention of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Ebonyi State has been drawn to a statement credited to the Governor, Engr David Umahi wherein he said that Ebonyi people wouldn’t vote for the PDP presidential candidate ahead of the 2023 general elections, Atiku Abubakar, but would vote for the APC’s Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
“It should be known to the general public that David Umahi is not the spokesperson of the generality of the people of Ebonyi State and as such, doesn’t have the locus standi to say whom and whom not Ebonyi citizens are going to vote for.
“As a political party, we wish to charge Mr Umahi to put his house, APC, in Ebonyi State in order, so that the party can have a gubernatorial candidate ahead of the 2023 general elections.
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“A man whose house is on fire doesn’t run after rodents. Ebonyi citizens of voting age are very wise and know where to lay their hands in the time of rain. Without mincing words, Ebonyi is a PDP State and this status will be upheld beyond 2023.”
Nwoba further urged Nigerians to discard Umahi’s assurances of giving bulk votes to Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu, adding that the governor is speaking with the mind of failing the presidential primary election.
“We wish to inform Nigerians to discard that statement from Umahi, as he spoke in the emotion of a politician who failed woefully in the just concluded presidential primary election of the APC.
“We urge Bola Ahmed Tinubu not to reckon on the assurances of the defeated political general, whose booths are a modicum of manure in the soil of the Eagles Square,” the Party said.
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