Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi on Tuesday said that he was not against the choice of former Governor, Peter Obi as the running mate to the People’s Democratic Party, PDP Presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar.

Umahi stated this in an interview with journalists in Abakaliki, the state capital.

The governor has faced backlash since he led leaders of the party to complain against the selection process that threw up Obi as Vice Presidential candidate of the party with many people accusing him of sabotaging the interest of the Igbo nation.

But, Umahi while clearing the air, said he was only against the process and not Obi who he noted was very competent for the job.

He, however questioned how people from other regions will meet and take decisions that concerns him in the south east without the input of a single person from the region.

“We have never said that we are against Peter Obi but what we have said is that if six people can come together from five other regions and look at recommendations for the south east and no south east person is there, that is not good for us.

“We have never said that Obi is not good for us, we have nothing against Obi but we want when decisions that concern us are being taken, we want to be part of that decision’, Umahi said.

The governor also expressed displeasure on the imbalance in the initial five man shortlist for the VP candidacy which had NO PERSON FROM IMO and EBONYI State on it.

“Number two, the five names submitted, of course no governors in south east wants to be Vice President; everybody wants to finish his tenure. The Five names for VP should have been five names from the five south east states but there was no name from Ebonyi and Imo states”

“I am a fighter of marginalization of Ebonyi people. If we are going to vote, we must be treated with equity. These are the issues; two names came from Anambra, one from Enugu and two from Abia. So, what is wrong in having someone from Ebonyi and then one from Imo?

These are the issues but there are not as terrible as is being looked at. I know that my people put me on social media saying so many terrible things about me but it doesn’t move me”

“We must sit down with the presidential candidate and say look if we work together, we must be part of the decision making . I am not talking about myself, I am talking about the leadership of the south east”.

“If six people can come from other regions to take decision and there is nobody from south east and our people think is right, so be it”.

The Governor, who said he has a good relationship with Mr Obi said he has no regrets on his actions in the aftermath of Obi selection.

“Nobody is against Obi. The leaders of Ndigbo are saying that when decisions are taken and you invite people from other regions, invite people from south east. They never issued any statement and anybody from south east that is saying that my stand is not good, is not a human being because tomorrow is bigger than today”.


“If Atiku had just announced his running mate without other people from other regions seeing the list and making inputs or choices , we wouldn’t have been bothered because nobody chooses a VP for anybody; it is like a wife. BUT if other people were there, at least one person from south east should have been there. Secondly, Ebonyi state shouldn’t have been neglected even if we will not make the list because the choice is for the man”

“You remember that one of the reasons that Ebonyi man is not too comfortable with the issue of region is that we are afraid of further marginalization. So, these are the issues.

Obi is my friend. You would have seen our pictures on the social media. Yes, he is my good friend and we have worked together very very well and he said something to me ‘if I were you, I will be more bitter, I will make greater noise than you are making’.

“Obi understands. And let me give you one shocking news!

I was told in the course of our meeting in Enugu that somebody asked Chekwas Okorie why is it that Igbo don’t vote for their Vice Presidential candidates and Chekwas told him that anyday the Igbo man chooses his Vice Presidential candidate, the Igbo man will vote for the Vice presidential candidate and if you check be it Ekwueme or any other, you will find out that we have never voted along that line”.

“And I am very sure that in further decisions, the Igbo man must be called, that is just what we are saying. Nobody is against Obi and he is very competent to be VP but I alone cannot endorse Obi. So when my Chief Press Secretary issued a congratulatory message, the Leaders started calling me saying so you alone have made the VP. So I had to issue another statement to say look, I was not consulted. If that is my sin, I cannot repent”,he concluded.

http://thenationonlineng.net/obi-is-competent-to-be-vp-but-umahi/

Ok

Foolish man

Saboteur like u

I use to have high esteem for Gov.Dave Umahi esp. because of his developmental strides in Ebonyi State before but far be it for now.

This man alongside other SE governors belatedly betrayed their people into be labelled "terrorists" while the real terrorists-killer Fulani herdsmen have continued their atrocities unabated.

When the stupidity of their action later downed on them it was too late to cry over split milk.Oddua People Congress(OPC) were more violent during the early days of OBJ regime but were never proscribed as terrorists.

Today, Umahi is claiming relevance as if he and the other governors are spokesmen of the Igbo nation.

this is getting more serious than I thought. Great take by Umahi. How can Wike be picking a candidate for us from Rivers?
So that if Atiku wins they will regard us as weak and continue to take decisions without our input.
I support umahi 100%

Obi is an IPOB ret@rded fellow, he belong to Yaba left.

This Man need to be school.

“Obi understands. And let me give you one shocking news! I was told in the course of our meeting in Enugu that somebody asked Chekwas Okorie why is it that Igbo don’t vote for their Vice Presidential candidates and Chekwas told him that anyday the Igbo man chooses his Vice Presidential candidate, the Igbo man will vote for the Vice presidential candidate and if you check be it Ekwueme or any other, you will find out that we have never voted along that line”.

Buhari is already a goal for Umahi and Ebonyi State

We will compensate you with the Governorship election...

Sai Buhari

Making a mountain out of nothing

In 1999 when obj made atiku his vp were the peopleof northeast and adamawa state consulted?

When Yardua made gej his vp in 2007, did he consult the Southsouth and bayelsa State?

When Osibanjo was made vp, how many persons in southwest and ogun state were consulted

Instead of the governors to be happy that an easterner was chosen as vp, they're there talking trash. It is atiku's decision to consult or chose whoever he dims fit. Had it been atiku chose a yoruba person or someone from edo state or akwa ibom, what would they complain about then.

kahal29:
Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi on Tuesday said that he was not against the choice of former Governor, Peter Obi as the running mate to the People’s Democratic Party, PDP Presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar.

Umahi stated this in an interview with journalists in Abakaliki, the state capital.

The governor has faced backlash since he led leaders of the party to complain against the selection process that threw up Obi as Vice Presidential candidate of the party with many people accusing him of sabotaging the interest of the Igbo nation.

But, Umahi while clearing the air, said he was only against the process and not Obi who he noted was very competent for the job.

He, however questioned how people from other regions will meet and take decisions that concerns me south east with the input of a single person from the region.

“We have never said that we are against Peter Obi but what we have said is that if six people can come together from five other regions and look at recommendations for the south east and no south east person is there, that is not good for us.

“We have never said that Obi is not good for us, we have nothing against Obi but we want when decisions that concern us are being taken, we want to be part of that decision’, Umahi said.

[s]The governor also expressed displeasure on the imbalance in the initial five man shortlist for the VP candidacy which had no person from Imo and Ebonyi State on it.

“Number two, the five names submitted, of course no governors in south east wants to be Vice President; everybody wants to finish his tenure. The Five names for VP should have been five names from the five south east states but there was no name from Ebonyi and Imo states”

“I am a fighter of marginalization of Ebonyi people. If we are going to vote, we must be treated with equity. These are the issues; two names came from Anambra, one from Enugu and two from Abia. So, what is wrong in having someone from Ebonyi and then one from Imo?

These are the issues but there are not as terrible as is being looked at. I know that my people put me on social media saying so many terrible things about me but it doesn’t move me”

“We must sit down with the presidential candidate and say look if we work together, we must be part of the decision making . I am not talking about myself, I am talking about the leadership of the south east”.
[/s]
“If six people can come from other regions to take decision and there is nobody from south east and our people think is right, so be it”.

The Governor, who said he has a good relationship with Mr Obi said he has no regrets on his actions in the aftermath of Obi selection.

“Nobody is against Obi. The leaders of Ndigbo are saying that when decisions are taken and you invite people from other regions, invite people from south east. They never issued any statement and anybody from south east that is saying that my stand is not good, is not a human being because tomorrow is bigger than today”.


“If Atiku had just announced his running mate without other people from other regions seeing the list and making inputs or choices , we wouldn’t have been bothered because nobody chooses a VP for anybody; it is like a wife. But if other people were there, at least one person from south east should have been there. Secondly, Ebonyi state shouldn’t have been neglected even if we will not make the list because the choice is for the man”

“You remember that one of the reasons that Ebonyi man is not too comfortable with the issue of region is that we are afraid of further marginalization. So, these are the issues. Obi is my friend. You would have seen our pictures on the social media. Yes, he is my good friend and we have worked together very very well and he said something to me ‘if I were you, I will be more bitter, I will make greater noise than you are making’.

“Obi understands. And let me give you one shocking news! I was told in the course of our meeting in Enugu that somebody asked Chekwas Okorie why is it that Igbo don’t vote for their Vice Presidential candidates and Chekwas told him that anyday the Igbo man chooses his Vice Presidential candidate, the Igbo man will vote for the Vice presidential candidate and if you check be it Ekwueme or any other, you will find out that we have never voted along that line”.

“And I am very sure that in further decisions, the Igbo man must be called, that is just what we are saying. Nobody is against Obi and he is very competent to be VP but I alone cannot endorse Obi. So when my Chief Press Secretary issued a congratulatory message, the Leaders started calling me saying so you alone have made the VP. So I had to issue another statement to say look, I was not consulted. If that is my sin, I cannot repent”,he concluded.

http://thenationonlineng.net/obi-is-competent-to-be-vp-but-umahi/

I have said this times without number Ebonyi state feels fighting anambra will make them be recognised. Just look at this idiot man statement.....very useless. Statement


Who is marginalising Ebonyi in south east....i have never heard or see that an Ebonyi man was treated badly in south-east so I wonder why umahi will be fighting a fruitless.


Pls can Ebonyi people come and lay claim that they are been marginalised and who and who is marginalising.??


If they can't answer this question then is obvious they have ganged up against the progress of igbolannd and declare war against anambra.

But message is that they are bound to fail.

He make sense die..

Afa igbo efunna..

Ofu onye adiro azu nwa.. Nwa but nwa oha.

Una do well ..if na una reason. Be that... Make sense? O ihe Igbo ji akpo nwanna..

Peter nkwuru Omara na umunna kwu ya na a zu ..

JeanBoKassa:




I have said this times without number Ebonyi state feels fighting anambra will make them be recognised. Just look at this idiot man statement.....very useless. Statement


Who is marginalising Ebonyi in south east....i have never heard or see that an Ebonyi man was treated badly in south-east so I wonder why umahi will be fighting a fruitless.


Pls can Ebonyi people come and lay claim that they are been marginalised and who and who is marginalising.??


If they can't answer this question then is obvious they have ganged up against the progress of igbolannd and declare war against anambra.

But message is that they are bound to fail.

They're not fighting .. the man makes lots of sense.
Peter is not an orphan .. even tho they people are behind him.. e gats be official..
Ebube agu na eche Agu

Read the highlights again
.. insecurity of ebony...
Igbo by igbo

Is high time....no nothing like high time

Is time we hold ebonyi people same way we hold the rest of mankind.

Enemies in times of war, feud and anti-igbo progress.

Dave Umahi doesn't need to apologize for his stance. Atiku got it wrong and he has started off on the wrong foot by alienating and disrespecting the leaders that he would depend upon to shore up his votes in the southeast. Peter Obi doesn't have the capacity to do the needful for him. Those guys he is neglecting are the ones who manufacture votes in Igboland. Atiku will surely regret taking this selfish action.

JeanBoKassa:




I have said this times without number Ebonyi state feels fighting anambra will make them be recognised. Just look at this idiot man statement.....very useless. Statement


Who is marginalising Ebonyi in south east....i have never heard or see that an Ebonyi man was treated badly in south-east so I wonder why umahi will be fighting a fruitless.


Pls can Ebonyi people come and lay claim that they are been marginalised and who and who is marginalising.??


If they can't answer this question then is obvious they have ganged up against the progress of igbolannd and declare war against anambra.

But message is that they are bound to fail.

They're not fighting .. the man makes lots of sense.
Peter is not an orphan .. even tho they people are behind him.. e gats be official..
Ebube agu na eche Agu

Read the highlights again
Forget the .. insecurity of ebony...
Igbo by igbo

Umahi stop talking if there's no more reasonable thing in your mouth.

[quote author=Bannylove13 post=72146291]

[s]They're not fighting .. the man makes lots of sense.
Peter is not an orphan .. even tho they people are behind him.. e gats be official..
Ebube agu na eche Agu

Read the highlights again
.. insecurity of ebony...
Igbo by igbo[[/s]/quote]

Okauy

Whatever...

It is Atiku that will be answerable at the end of the day, so let him decide whom he wants to work with.

Nobody dictated to you who should be your deputy, so keep off oga.

[quote author=JeanBoKassa post=72146349][/quote]


Are you Igbo Yoruba Hausa I jaw tiv epiae idioma Fulani

My dear gov Dave Umahi, you have tried to make them understand you but if they fail to see coming from where you, then it's not ur fault anymore.
You are the mouth piece of the Eastern governors.

Naijaguy12345:
Obi is an IPOB ret@rded fellow, he belong to Yaba left.

... And he'll soon become your VP, whether you like it or not.

gentlegenius:

... And he'll soon become your VP, whether you like it or not.

In your wild dream.

CilicMarin:



Buhari is already a goal for Umahi and Ebonyi State

We will compensate you with the Governorship election...

Sai Buhari

2015... Sai Buhari
2016... Kai Buhari
2017... Walai Buhari
2018... Why Buhari
2019... Bye Buhari.

Bannylove13:



[s]Are you Igbo Yoruba Hausa I jaw tiv epiae idioma Fulani [/s]

Umahi and his p...le are spies in igboland.

APC mole in PDP...

We are watching

I don't think he's saying the truth. His reasons are not strong.
If the SW had pushed for the vp slot the way they did for the PDP chairmanship position, they would has had it. Or umahi and his ilks would have been too shocked to be saying all these.


They probably would have preferred someone who is not as frugal as Obi, just for political reasons.

Omeokachie:
Whatever...

It is Atiku that will be answerable at the end of the day, so let him decide whom he wants to work with.

Nobody dictated to you who should be your deputy, so keep off oga.

Do Atiku will come and vote himself and manage his campaign in the SE. go and ask atiku how he became vp

[s]

globemoney:

Do Atiku will come and vote himself and manage his campaign in the SE. go and ask atiku how he became vp

[/s]

Naijaguy12345:
In your wild dream.

As long as you won't delete this moniker after February 2019, I shall remind you that this is not a dream.