Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi has denied reports that he is endorsing Dr. Ifeanyi Chukwuma Odi, the PDP’s nominee for state governor in the 2023 election.
His Special Assistant on Media, Mr. Chooks Oko, made a statement to this effect in Abakaliki.
When the governor hosted members of the Christian Association of Nigeria in his birthplace of Uburu, in the state’s Ohaozara Local Government Area (LGA), according to Oko (CAN).
The All Progressives Congress (APC) senatorial candidate for Ebonyi South, Umahi, asserted that the allegations were untrue.
“Those who are saying that Odii is a tool in our hand are very wrong. If they know the attack I face every day, they won’t say that.
“If I were to support, I would prefer someone else, who came from a tiny constituency, not someone, who came from my own zone,” he added.
Umahi admonished CAN, elders, founding fathers, and all stakeholders to support zoning and power rotation, for sustainable peace in the state.
“When we were contesting in 2015, the North and Central supported us; their leaders stood with us,” Umahi added.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Odii, Ebonyi PDP governorship candidate for 2023 poll shares the same zone with Umahi.
Rev. Father Abraham Nwali, chairman of CAN in southeast, said the visit was in the spirit of Christmas to felicitate the governor. (NAN)