South-East no longer Obidient. Last election was a mistake and – Dave Umahi

South-East no longer Obidient. Last election was a mistake and – Dave Umahi

Nigeria’s Minister of Works, Dave Umahi, has declared that the South-East, with Ebonyi state at the leading edge, will forged its help for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu within the 2027 trendy elections.

speakme on the Ohanivo 2025 New Yam pageant in Onicha nearby government area of Ebonyi state on Saturday, the previous governor stated there may be no political space for the Peter Obi-led Obidient motion within the country. Umahi, who now serves in Tinubu’s cupboard, argued that the South-East has continued extended marginalisation, insisting that the vicinity can not be defined as “Obidient.”

“We aren’t Obidient people. We had been so marginalized that we’re now not Obidient. No, we are not,” he declared. “however it’s far the man that has given us a sense of belonging, President Bola Tinubu. allow it no longer be that we’re from Ebonyi country and they’re saying this country belongs to us. there’s no Obidient character in Ebonyi nation.”

He said that in 2027, the South-East, specifically Ebonyi, would reciprocate what he described as Tinubu’s “accurate deeds” by means of voting for him, stressing that the region might no longer be misled through what he known as political errors of the beyond.

“What we should do is to file the good things that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has finished for South-East and Ebonyi country while the time comes,” Umahi said. “we are able to not be deceived once more due to the fact the final election was a mistake but we’ve become wiser. i will no longer end naming all that the President is doing for us.”

Umahi’s comments, added at a cultural festival attended by means of conventional rulers, political leaders, and network members, are likely to stir sparkling debates in a vicinity wherein Peter Obi and the Labour celebration loved overwhelming guide at some stage in the 2023 elections.