I WAS PERSUADED BY TINUBU TO STEP DOWN FOR AKPABIO, SAYS GOVERNOR UMAHI
{…By the efforts some of us made in marketing APC in the South East, we are going to get some other things that are tangible, as we’ve missed the position of the Senate President- UMAHI }
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The Governor of Ebonyi State, Engr. Dave Umahi has claimed that he stepped down for the former Minister Of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio, in the race for the 10th senate presidency, because he was asked to do so by the President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
The National Working Committee of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) on Monday ratified the zoning formula proposed by Tinubu with Akpabio, Tinubu’s favourite for the senate’s top job.
Despite the supposed consensus, some party members rejected the candidacy of the former Akwa Ibom State governor, insisting on the inclusion of other geo-political zones.
But speaking at the newly constructed Mohammadu Buhari International Airport, Onueke, Umahi disclosed he had to accept Tinubu’s request for greater regional unity.
Umahi said:
“The leader of the party who is the president-elect called me and I feel it is an honour to have called me and I consulted with him while he was in Paris and he said we were going to talk about it.
“So, when he came back he called me and we had a meeting and he said please I Have committed myself and it is his right to do that, this is the president-elect, 29th May, he is going to be the president of the country so if he had made promises, of course when you are running for such office you must make promises; so I won’t be a clog in the wheel of his progress, so I had to accept.”
The Ebonyi State governor was, however, optimistic that those party faithful will eventually reap the rewards for their loyalty to Tinubu’s administration.
“So, I also accepted for the interest of the South-East, let it not look as if we are in opposition, we just oppose everything. Politics is all about dialogue, it is about give and take, and if we surrendered now or I said No, what will have happened?
“So, I had to in the interest of the South East, so since we didn’t get that one I am sure by God’s special grace the efforts some of us made in marketing APC in the South East, we are going to get some other things that are tangible.”
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