Minister of Works ,Dave Umahi has said he should be the front runner when presidency comes to the South-East, not Peter Obi.
Speaking to journalists during a tour of South Eastern states by Federal Government’s information managers to highlight the Federal Government’s projects in the region.
The Engineer and former governor of Ebonyi state made this statement during the tour in the company of Minister of Information, Mohammed Idris.
In his words: “I should be the front runner when presidency comes to the South-East, not Peter Obi”
“All the governors of South-East are supporting President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s second tenure.
I saw a man that was running his mouth and the man was saying “The only place that you have 100% support, a man has his region intact, is in the South-East” and he was talking of my brother Peter Obi,” Umahi said.
Speaking further the former governor said “When the presidency comes to South-East, I should be at the forefront, because of my performance. I have asked for debate for anybody that feels otherwise. I created something out of this Ebonyi State, God used me to do it.
“And so we compare governor to governor time and compare what you have done for South-East. I beat my chest and say that God has used me, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has used me to better the lot of South-East. Can you tell me when else we had it this good?
“So boldly we are saying South-East will support the president, is supporting the president for 2027 and there is no governor in South-East that is not supporting the president.
“Governors are in charge of their states. You see Anambra, you see Enugu, you’ve seen Ebonyi, you’ve seen all that the governor is doing, you’ve seen Abia (my cousin), you’ve seen Imo (our leader), so we are very confident that we’ll write our history.
“And as you are here, my advice for our people, Igbos, is to re-engage. We can’t get to presidency by sentiments. We have to re-engage, we have to support other regions and at the time of God, nobody will stop it, it will come to us.
“And who knows whether, at that time, it will be the man standing by the Honourable Minister“, Umahi said.
