Governor Dave Umahi of Ebonyi State has clarified viral reports claiming that he asked people of the State to vote for only the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the forthcoming presidential election.
Reports making round on social media on Monday, had claimed that the former presidential aspirant had said the Ebonyi state will not vote Mr. Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of Labour Party, LP, claiming that Ebonyi is for APC.
Reacting, Umahi, in a statement by his Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Francis Nwaze declared that the governor was reiterating his earlier promise to support Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the APC presidential candidate.
His statement reads partly, “Our attention has been drawn to insinuations in some quarters suggesting that the Ebonyi State Governor, Engr. David Umahi, FNSE, FNATE has specifically asked Ebonyi People not to vote for a particular candidate in the 2023 Presidential election.
“What Governor Umahi did during a Stakeholders’ meeting on Monday was in the spirit of sportsmanship to emphasize his earlier resolve to support the eventual winner of the Presidential election who later turned out to be Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu.
“The statement by Governor Umahi by all standards only underscored his determination to live up to his earlier comment of supporting the Party’s Standard Bearer”.
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