Ebonyin State governor, Dave Umahi may have dumped the Presudential candidate of the All Progressives Congress(APC) ,Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu (BAT) for the Labour Party(LP) promised to host Peter Obi publicly soon .
Umahi,also a chieftain of APC hinted this while featuring on Arise Television’s breakfast programme, The Morning Show.
The governor who acknowledged that he never associate with Obi public since the latter clinged the LP ticket promised to host Obi any time soon to show the world where he stood with Obi, who he described as “my brother and my friend.
Umahi who was however silent on who he would support in the election between Obi and Tinubu, saying it was premature to do so, in order not to break the electoral laws.
He maintained the earlier stance of governors from the South in September last year that the position must come to the region, said: “I was sure that the PDP was not going to give ticket to an Igbo man and I said, no, that was not fair, because we’ve served this party since 1999.
Umahi, who was in fact, quoted as saying that Obi stood no chance as the state was totally for the PDP and that he was going to organise a three-million man march for the candidate of the APC, Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu, dismissed the reports as social media creations, which he said, had done a lot of damages to the country.
“That was my position. A lot of people that are crying today were the people attacking me for leaving the party and subsequently, they left. They owe me a lot of apologies. Peter Obi is my brother. I’m very proud of what he’s doing. It would have been a disaster if the South East is not heard at all in the quest for presidency and I wish him well.