BREAKING!!! Gov. Umahi Meets PDP Chairman, Others In Abuja Amid Defection Rumours To APC (Photos)

By Wisdom Nwedene

Governor David Nweze Umahi of Ebonyi State, on Tuesday , met with the National Chairman of the People's Democratic Party, Prince Uche Secondus and the national working committee of the party in Abuja amid rumours of his defection to the ruling party, All Progressives Congress, APC.



According to our sources, Governor Umahi has completed plans to join APC ahead of 2023 General elections. The sources which spoke with our correspondent under the condition of anonymity said any moment from now, Umahi will join APC if his requests are not met.

IGBERE TV recalls that Senator Julius Ucha, an APC Leader in Ebonyi on Sunday declared that Gov. Umahi is actually on his way to join the party from the PDP.

Ucha, the Former Senator representing Ebonyi Central zone at the National Assembly and presently a member of the National Assembly Service Commission, disclosed this during the party’s stakeholders meeting in Abakaliki.



The former Speaker of the Ebonyi House of Assembly and an APC Gubernatorial Candidate said the matter had been concluded at the appropriate quarters and was no longer a joke.

“This will ensure that for the first time, APC will be in control of governance in the state and will make the governors of other south east states to declare for the party.

“I told President Muhammadu Buhari during his visit to the state in 2017 that governors are very powerful individuals who could not be ignored in any way.

“We should continue praying that nothing stops this move because the world’s greatest wireless connection is prayer,” he said.

EBONYI HOUSE ASSEMBLY ISSUES ULTIMATUM TO PDP

Ebonyi State House of Assembly had issued a 7-Day ultimatum to the National leadership of People’s Democratic Party ( PDP) to as a matter of public urgent importance zone the party's Presidential ticket to the South-East geo-political zone for the 2023 Presidential election.

The Speaker warned that if the request of the lawmakers is not adhered to, the members of the Assembly will take decisive action to ensure that justice was s done.

He also said that, the Honourable Members of the 6th Ebonyi State House of Assembly will leave no stone unturned in taking decisive actions to ensure that traditions and dividends of democracy are respected in our party.

The Speaker reiterated that since inception of democracy in 1999, the South-East has delivered landslide victory to PDP.

Hon Nwifuru emphasised that the South-East zone has formidable Presidential personalities that possess the pedigree and capability to occupy the number one position in the country.





EBONYI PDP ISSUES ULTIMATUM TO NATIONAL LEADERSHIP



The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) on Tuesday gave the national leadership of the party a one-week ultimatum to zone the 2023 presidential ticket of the party to the southeast.

The party said this in a statement by the State Chairman, Onyekachi Nwebonyi.

Mr. Nwebonyi said this has become imperative since the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced the date for the elections.

The party also made case for the re-election of Prince Uche Secondus for a second term as National Chairman of the party.

“We, therefore, enjoin the party, in whatever arrangement not to tamper with the seat of the national chairman. Having performed satisfactory well, leading the party to victories, Secondus deserves a second term. That is not negotiable,” Nwebonyi warned.

Mr Nwebonyi said the party should in the interest of justices equity and fairness zone the presidential ticket to the southeast.

He argued that since the inception of the democratic dispensation, PDP has never thrown its presidential ticket open to all zones but rotated the ticket between the south and north.

“It is a crass show of hypocrisy if the PDP denies the Southeast that chance. To that effect, we do vehemently demand that the NEC meeting of the PDP be convened within one week to ratify the issue and zone the presidential ticket to the southeast,” he said.



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Cc, Lalasticlala, Mynd44

APC trying to infect the state

Good move

If Umahi joins APC and is given a presidential ticket, then it will be the best thing to happen to the party.

As a non partisan, I have always been against the caliber of people both parties have presented.

Any party that projects Umahi whom I see as the best governor in Nigeria will have my vote. Simple.

Let me also say that what we need most in Nigeria at the moment is restructuring. After which a person of Umahi caliber should take over.

PDP should stop treating Ebonyi people like third class citizens and guarantee Umahi that he will get their presidential ticket in 2023 or he decamps to APC.

The man is already gone. Thursday is the D Day

All this drama ontop defection?

Nothing can change his mind if its already made up.

He should get on with it or leave the matter entirely jareh....rather than all these non-existent "I will be leaving on Thursday".

Rumour... rumour... and more rumour...

Seeing is believing

Governor Dave Umahi is hardworking & deserving of consideration for the presidential slot under the PDP but it should be clear to whosoever have an interest in ruling over this skewed nation that, no meaningful development would be achieve without constitutional & political restructuring irrespective of the platform.

When it comes to securing the presidential ticket and eventually producing a president, i think the SE has a long long way to go

Lol
Wether he decamp or not
We now see all of them as one looters