Real reason Umahi left PDP – Wike

 

Real reason Umahi left PDP – Wike

Mr Umahi recently joined the APC from the PDP.

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has already faulted the reason given by his Ebonyi counterpart, David Umahi, for dumping the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the All Progressives Congress (APC).

He said the real movement was because of Mr Umahi’s ambition to be the APC’s presidential candidate in 2023.

Mr Umahi had said that he defected from the PDP because of the party’s injustice against his South-east zone. But Mr Wike said the claim is not true.

Mr Wike’s stance was contained in a statement by Kelvin Ebiri, his Special Assistant (Media), on Tuesday. He accused Mr Umahi of being unfair to the PDP, which gave him the governorship ticket in 2015 and again in 2019.

According to Mr Wike, “committed members of PDP were not surprised that Governor Umahi on Tuesday formally defected to the APC, which he has for a while been fraternising with.

“My friend, Umahi, wants to be president. There is no problem about that.

“You have a right to be President. Nobody can stop you. You are only educated. You have been a governor for 2 terms, so you are qualified to say I want to be president of Nigeria. We support you with that