The Governor of Ebonyi State, Dave Umahi has disclosed that he is under intense pressure to support President Muhammadu Buhari’s second term bid.
He identified those pressurising him to support Buhari as APC National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole and Director General of the APC Presidential Campaign Organisation, Rotimi Amaechi.
Umahi, who is the Chairman of the South East Governors’ Forum, made the disclosure through the Chairman of Strategy Committee of his campaign organisation, Chief Emmanuel Igwe.
Igwe said that all Umahi desired is for Buhari to allow a credible process to take its course during the 2019 election.
Umahi, who restated his commitment to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), however vowed to mobilise 2000 PDP members to welcome Buhari when he visits Abakaliki for campaign as a show of goodwill.
Igwe said, “The governor wishes Buhari and his entourage a happy stay as APC Presidential Campaign Council visits Ebonyi on the 30th of January, 2019. Governor Umahi wishes to put it on record that the President, Muhammad Buhari is his personal friend and a friend of the state. He has much respect for the office of the president. The Governor has been under pressure to support the re-election of Mr President by APC bigwigs especially the party chairman, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, Chibuike Amaechi just to mention but a few who come under various guises that the APC has no interest in Ebonyi guber race.
“The Governor has no need for external forces to win convincingly in Ebonyi since over 95 per cent of the electorate is supporting his re-election. The Governor has been too magnanimous to the APC by donating the sum of five million naira to her guber candidate, Senator Sonni Ogbuoji to enable him print campaign posters and promised to mobilize two thousand people that will welcome Mr President on the proposed campaign rally.”
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