Governor David Umahi has accused his own family of conniving against him to vote for Peter Obi of the Labour Party during the presidential election, without his knowledge.
During an interview with Channels Television on Monday, the governor expressed surprise that both President Muhammadu Buhari and the president-elect lost their states to opposition parties in the February 25 elections.
Governor Umahi ascribed the LP’s votes in the election to protest votes against the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), noting apparent hardship and issues in Nigeria. He also stated that he did not anticipate any other political party to win in his state of Ebonyi since he had put measures in place to prevent this from happening.
“In all honesty, I didn’t give the Labour Party a chance to win any election in my state because what we put in place was such that no other political party should be able to win anything, not even a councilorship election in my state.” “I perceived the Labour Party vote as a protest against my party (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP,” Governor Umahi remarked.
The governor also stated that he was ignorant of his family’s conduct until after the election and was dismayed to find that they had voted against him. Nonetheless, he argued that their support for Peter Obi was not a vote for the candidate, but rather a protest against the existing situation of the nation.
While Governor Umahi won the Ebonyi South Zone Senate seat to represent his constituency in the 10th National Assembly, the APC’s presidential candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, beat the PDP’s Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi.
