Governor David Umahi has declared his intention to contest the Ebonyi South senatorial seat ahead of the 2023 general elections.

Mr Umahi, whose eight-year tenure as governor ends in 2023, was initially nursing a presidential ambition and had vowed to continue the policies of President Muhammadu Buhari if elected.

It is unclear the factors that informed the governor’s decision to abandon his presidential ambition as his spokesperson, Francis Nwaeze, had yet to respond to Peoples Gazette’s inquiry at the time of filing this report.

The sudden drop from the presidential race with other party heavyweights like vice president Yemi Osinbajo, Bola Tinubu, Rotimi Amaechi, has raised eyebrow among major stakeholders.

The governor has been embroiled in a legal brawl with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) following his defection to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).

Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Abuja division of the Federal High Court on March 8, sacked Mr Umahi and his deputy, Kelechi Igwe, from the Ebonyi governorship seat, after the PDP successfully argued that votes in Nigerian elections belonged to political parties and not candidates.

However, an appellate court in Enugu upheld Mr Umahi’s position as governor, stating that his defection was constitutional, albeit immoral.

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Ok

One down. More to go

Lol Akubaraoha

The sudden drop from the presidential race with other party heavyweights like vice president Yemi Osinbajo, Bola Tinubu, Rotimi Amaechi, has raised eyebrow among major stakeholders.

The Presidential race is not for the weak or lily-livered ....

Wat a fool. So u defected to apc to contest for senator. Same senator u can contest for in pdp

Wat a fool

Right thing to do, mate

Beautiful. Been realistic is the key. I wish they make him minister for works,transport and housing.

dalongjnr:
Beautiful. Been realistic is the key. I wish they make him minister for works,transport and housing.

In the senate. Dude just made an absolute fool of himself. From leader of pdp in the east to a nobody in apc

To continue the looting at the Senate.

Tinubu intimidating SE candidates from contesting
Greedy iragbiji man

Senate is kinda sure to protect him than being ordinary citizen

Good morning Sir
You have wisdom
You know those that are exempt from Nigerian presidency

From the comments above I can see some of you are still pained because he left pdp, well if e dey pain u, go and commit suicide and let the man be

This leads me to believe Ogbonnaya Onu may be the president's preferred choice to replace him.

I'm just assuming, based on how things are playing out

Ogbonnaya Onu hails from the same state as Umahi. It won't make sense both men splitting the good will emanating from Ebonyi.

Confusion
It will be hard for him to defeat Micheal Ama Nnachi of PDP. Very hard.
The moment he joined APC, he messed everything up for himself

Coward

He will retire from politics after 2023. APC cannot win in Ebonyi State.

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