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| How Umahi, Other SE PDP Governors Worked Against Obi VP Race In 2019. by Ctorch: 8:21am On Dec 06, 2020 |
Before Governor Dave Umahi defected to the All Progressives Congress, APC, on November 19 2020, the Ebonyi state governor was losing grip of his control of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in the state, and he was at sea on what to do as the 2023 general elections was drawing nearer. Umahi had, on assumption of power in 2015 arrogated to his immediate younger brother, Austin Umahi, the office of the National Vice Chairman of PDP for South east and another relation, Maxwell Umahi, as the deputy state chairman of the PDP in Ebonyi state. Imposition of Austin Umahi as the party’s national vice chairman caused pandemonium at the Michael Okpara square Enugu, when Mr. Ali Odefa who had served Governor Umahi for many years and was the zonal publicity secretary of the PDP insisted on a due process election instead of selection of Austin Umahi. Odefa was tamed, cut to size and intimidated into submission and acceptance of the Umahi dynasty in Ebonyi state. Governor Umahi had henceforth enjoyed lavishly the instruments of the party, PDP, further arming himself with the office of the Chairman of the South East Governors’ Forum, SEGF, to become a veritable authority and spokesman of the South East political class. Umahi has remained Chairman of the South East Governors Forum since 2015 despite having only two years tenure that is not renewable until the position rotates among the federating states of in the forum. Umahi has spent more than six years, denying Enugu and Imo states from exercising the authority that comes with such instrument of power. It is quite discernible that Umahi loves power and loves to exercise it as it suits him. Under Umahi’s leadership of SEGF, the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, was proscribed in 2017. Umahi, using his elder brother, Gen. Obi Umahi (Rtd) as the chairman of SEGF Security committee ensured that the Igbo popular choice of establishing a regional security outfit in the like of Amotekun was frustrated. What the Umahis have been talking about since then is community policing that is amorphous and untenable. Governor Umahi enjoyed and had his ways till 2019 after the PDP national convention in Port Harcourt, when Atiku nominated Mr. Peter Obi as his presidential running mate. Umahi, among other PDP governors and stakeholders in the south east furiously convened in Senator Ike Ekweremadu’s residence in Enugu and rejected Obi with the excuses that they were not consulted before the nomination. Subsequently, the PDP governors of the zone went into alliance with the APC; pledged and delivered 25 percent votes to President Muhammadu Buhari in their respective states and since then have secretly maintained alliance with the leading party. Angered by these developments, Governor Nysome Wike of Rivers state kept the PDP Governors of South East at distance from the party’s national leadership. It was not long before Umahi realised that Wike was not like the South East Governors that he could undermine. Love was lost between the Rivers and Ebonyi Governors but they patched up until the EndSARS Obigbo massacre that made Umahi lead a team of South East leaders to Rivers state. Inside sources in Abakaliki disclosed that Governor Umahi had postulated that so long as Wike’s hand remains a firm grip and control of the PDP, his future political calculations would be frustrated. “Umahi’s major headache is producing a successor and he is doubtful of doing that in PDP where Senator Obinna Ogba has a large image and Wike is not his friend. That’s why he decided to move to APC to negotiate power from there,” the source said. However, Umahi’s defection received some accolades across the south east; with some saying that his defection was a bold statement that the South East would settle for nothing except Presidency in 2023. Umahi is being hailed for leading the south east into a protest against the PDP in the event that it has motives of frustrating Igbo presidency. Umahi’s volt face is also interpreted as a sign to the APC that the zone would collapse into the party if it is magnanimous enough to concede the presidential ticket to the south east. One of the APC stakeholders in Enugu state, Chief Tony Mba said “What the man (Umahi) did is a sacrifice. He discussed it with some people before making the defection. The APC will have no fear now in giving it to us (South East) if PDP will produce an Igbo candidate. Umahi’s defection is a protest and a good one.” What has however become an albatross to Umahi’s defection is his present attacks on the political leaders in his state who refused to follow him to APC. Interestingly, Senators Pius Anyim and Sam Egwu were instrumental in wresting power from former Governor Martin Elechi to Dave Umahi in 2015, yet today the duo are villains in Umahi’s estimation. Ever since the Umahi’s ‘kill Anyim, Egwu campaign’ started, the archives were brought forward where Elechi was quoted to have said in 2016 that he has no apologies for objecting to Umahi as successor. Elechi had said: “Yes, I made my point clear to him (Umahi) as early as September 2014 that I will not support him because my observation showed me that he lacked certain qualities that we hold dear in governance, the spirit of accommodation. That whether you are in opposition or in government, you have a right to say your mind and somebody who opposed you was not necessarily your enemy or opponent. We believe that everybody has the right to differ and if you don’t accommodate people’s quest to differ, it is a major minus to you in governance.” Accordingly, a former commissioner for Information in the state, Mr. Abia Onyike on Thursday announced his defection from APC back to PDP, citing Umahi’s attitude in governance, autocracy and dictatorship as reasons he cannot accommodate himself in the same political party with Governor Umahi. https://www.vanguardngr.com/2020/12/2023-more-facts-on-umahis-defection/ |
| Re: How Umahi, Other SE PDP Governors Worked Against Obi VP Race In 2019. by Arrewa: 8:22am On Dec 06, 2020 |
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| Re: How Umahi, Other SE PDP Governors Worked Against Obi VP Race In 2019. by Nobody: 8:23am On Dec 06, 2020 |
Governor Umahi enjoyed and had his ways till 2019 after the PDP national convention in Port Harcourt, when Atiku nominated Mr. Peter Obi as his presidential running mate. Umahi, among other PDP governors and stakeholders in the south east furiously convened in Senator Ike Ekweremadu’s residence in Enugu and rejected Obi with the excuses that they were not consulted before the nomination. Ebonyi are too bitter with their lives including their counterpart. They converge in Ekweremmadu residence just to plan how to work against Obi. Umahi is a true representation of the mindset of an Ebonyi man. Very wicked set of people Subsequently, the PDP governors of the zone went into alliance with the APC; pledged and delivered 25 percent votes to President Muhammadu Buhari in their respective states and since then have secretly maintained alliance with the leading party. This is exactly true. pdp couldn't even get upto 150K votes in Ebonyi state and less than 160k votes in Abia. The analysis is correct Angered by these developments, Governor Nysome Wike of Rivers state kept the PDP Governors of South East at distance from the party’s national leadership. It was not long before Umahi realised that Wike was not like the South East Governors that he could undermine. Love was lost between the Rivers and Ebonyi Governors but they patched up until the EndSARS Obigbo massacre that made Umahi lead a team of South East leaders to Rivers state Wike is totally right here. Nobody will allow a traitor like Umahi to mess up the national leadership with his short man tendencies. You worked against your own very party candidature and still wants to hold sway in party leadership. Wike did the right thing anyway by keeping you at arm's length 7 Likes |
| Re: How Umahi, Other SE PDP Governors Worked Against Obi VP Race In 2019. by UniqRight: 8:23am On Dec 06, 2020 |
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| Re: How Umahi, Other SE PDP Governors Worked Against Obi VP Race In 2019. by Nobody: 8:37am On Dec 06, 2020 |
Elechi had said: “Yes, I made my point clear to him (Umahi) as early as September 2014 that I will not support him because my observation showed me that he lacked certain qualities that we hold dear in governance, the spirit of accommodation. 2 Likes |
| Re: How Umahi, Other SE PDP Governors Worked Against Obi VP Race In 2019. by Nobody: 8:40am On Dec 06, 2020 |
Wike is also trash! That thugnor is also a traitor. Him and his fellow useless southern governors have sold their people to fulani janja.weed Truth is Umahi, Wike et al are all fulani lapdogs & rogues... Juliusmalema: 2 Likes |
| Re: How Umahi, Other SE PDP Governors Worked Against Obi VP Race In 2019. by NgwalandAbia(m): 8:41am On Dec 06, 2020 |
The useless animals that can't breath without South East have come again with their stinking lies. It's high time we divide this country by tribal line. 1 Like |
| Re: How Umahi, Other SE PDP Governors Worked Against Obi VP Race In 2019. by Kosoco(m): 8:44am On Dec 06, 2020 |
You are not too Far from the Truth.... Juliusmalema: 1 Like |
| Re: How Umahi, Other SE PDP Governors Worked Against Obi VP Race In 2019. by Nobody: 8:46am On Dec 06, 2020 |
Jamjoon: You are talking trash. This is party election and party loyalty must be supreme. Wike upheld the party loyalty while Umahi worked against Obi because of Greediness and bitterness. and at the end still wants to have a say in party leadership. The real traitor is the short missile in Ebonyi state called Umahi. He is as dangerous as his people. 7 Likes |
| Re: How Umahi, Other SE PDP Governors Worked Against Obi VP Race In 2019. by Nobody: 8:47am On Dec 06, 2020 |
NgwalandAbia: Tell Kanu to pull out only Abia state. Others are not interested. 2 Likes |
| Re: How Umahi, Other SE PDP Governors Worked Against Obi VP Race In 2019. by NgwalandAbia(m): 8:51am On Dec 06, 2020 |
Juliusmalema: Are we the same before. Get lost. 1 Like |
| Re: How Umahi, Other SE PDP Governors Worked Against Obi VP Race In 2019. by Nobody: 8:54am On Dec 06, 2020 |
Wike is a filthy piece of shit. Umahi is a threat to his ambition, that we all know. Mind you, these fools are all the same. Wike, umahi et al are all rogues, it's not my fault if ur brain can't understand this... Juliusmalema: 2 Likes |
| Re: How Umahi, Other SE PDP Governors Worked Against Obi VP Race In 2019. by Nobody: 8:55am On Dec 06, 2020 |
NgwalandAbia:Thank God you know that we have 36 independent states in Nigeria. |
| Re: How Umahi, Other SE PDP Governors Worked Against Obi VP Race In 2019. by Nobody: 8:57am On Dec 06, 2020 |
Jamjoon: Umahi is no threat to any damn ambition. When time reaches even Wike will be conditioned. But for leaving Umahi at arm's length, he did well on that. Umahi is a bitter man. 2 Likes |
| Re: How Umahi, Other SE PDP Governors Worked Against Obi VP Race In 2019. by NgwalandAbia(m): 8:59am On Dec 06, 2020 |
Juliusmalema: We have only Eastern, northern and western States divided by tribal and religious line. A lizard brainless mofo like you who like those that hate him is too useless to quote me. Thousands of hard luck await you soon. House negro. |
| Re: How Umahi, Other SE PDP Governors Worked Against Obi VP Race In 2019. by nzeobi(m): 8:59am On Dec 06, 2020 |
In 2019 most of the governors were only interested in securing their second term mandate as they know it will be hard for Atiku. Atiku himself wanted a man who has a good knowledge of economics and somebody that has no stain of corruption and that was why picking obi was a very easy decision. Other people in the party were only jealous because obi was a new member of the party and he is not the type of person that shares money. 3 Likes 3 Shares |
| Re: How Umahi, Other SE PDP Governors Worked Against Obi VP Race In 2019. by Nobody: 9:02am On Dec 06, 2020 |
Nothing changes. The rivers thugnor is one of the fools that sold his people to fulani janja.weed because of his ambition. But he has failed woefully. His fulani masters only need the resources of rivers state, not him. Once his tenure is over, they will dump him.  Juliusmalema: 1 Like |
| Re: How Umahi, Other SE PDP Governors Worked Against Obi VP Race In 2019. by Flyingngel(m): 9:03am On Dec 06, 2020 |
This one of the reason and IGBO person will find it difficult to sit as president of this country. The level of backstabbing in Southeast and Southsouth is second to none. |
| Re: How Umahi, Other SE PDP Governors Worked Against Obi VP Race In 2019. by Nobody: 9:09am On Dec 06, 2020 |
This is the most stupid narrative I have heard ...who worked against obi ? Didn't obi win south east by a large margin ? If atiku performed half of what obi performed in the south in the north buhari would have retired by now Who worked against osibanjo that he lost his pooling unite , who worked against osibanjo that he nearly lost lagos , lost ondo and oyo , bearly won osun ? For them it's sophistication but for Igbos it means we are not united ... .even if all south east politician work against Peter obi ...Peter obi would still do well in igbo land only umiah can compete with him based on performance Enough of this lies trying to paint Igbos as not united How can igbos be clanish and not united at the same time pick one and stand by it 5 Likes 1 Share |
| Re: How Umahi, Other SE PDP Governors Worked Against Obi VP Race In 2019. by godforus(m): 9:14am On Dec 06, 2020 |
Mods, the first posts are very incitive and hate-filled on certain states and politicians from those states. I hope you are not allowing inter state-hatred and ethnic cleansing to brew on nairaland? Hmmm |
| Re: How Umahi, Other SE PDP Governors Worked Against Obi VP Race In 2019. by richiemcgold: 9:22am On Dec 06, 2020 |
I believe the main purpose of this article is to tarnish the image of Umahi. |
| Re: How Umahi, Other SE PDP Governors Worked Against Obi VP Race In 2019. by godforus(m): 9:25am On Dec 06, 2020 |
richiemcgold:simple, political enemies publishing editorials without leaving their obvious names for the gullible ones to identify them. 1 Like |
| Re: How Umahi, Other SE PDP Governors Worked Against Obi VP Race In 2019. by Nobody: 9:33am On Dec 06, 2020 |
NgwalandAbia: Empty words has no bearing but are entirely meaningless. The time of eastern region has passed, we now operate state Political system same way America have states. So if you want to leave, tell Kanu to pull out Abia state..case closed. You don't force others as they ain't interested. 1 Like |
| Re: How Umahi, Other SE PDP Governors Worked Against Obi VP Race In 2019. by Nobody: 9:33am On Dec 06, 2020 |
Jamjoon: If he is a thug then Umahi is 100 times thuggish. If Wike is a thug for protecting the interest of his party then he is a good thug..and I like those kind of thugs in their respective parties. If Umahi who is not loyal to his party and was even vociferous against Obi openly then he is more of a thug. Wike kind of thug is needed and not that of Umahi . I wonder how many times u HV heard herdsmen attack to Rivers state than everyday attack we keep hearing in Ebonyi.. You are just beating about the bush |
| Re: How Umahi, Other SE PDP Governors Worked Against Obi VP Race In 2019. by Nobody: 9:37am On Dec 06, 2020 |
If u like type another long tutorial, nothing changes. Umahi has already decamped for his selfish interest... Thugnor wike is also plotting his next move to satisfy his ambition. They are all useless sellouts. It's not my fault if that brain in your head cannot grasp this Juliusmalema: |
| Re: How Umahi, Other SE PDP Governors Worked Against Obi VP Race In 2019. by Nobody: 9:41am On Dec 06, 2020 |
Igbochief001: The only SE state Obi won Election was in Anambra and Enugu state. The rest are just make-shift. If not can we see the 2019 results where PDP won by wide margin? An election that even Ihedioha narrowly win Governorship. |
| Re: How Umahi, Other SE PDP Governors Worked Against Obi VP Race In 2019. by Nobody: 9:42am On Dec 06, 2020 |
Jamjoon: As far Wike plot is for his own party then he is good thug and should be emulated |
| Re: How Umahi, Other SE PDP Governors Worked Against Obi VP Race In 2019. by techmo(m): 9:44am On Dec 06, 2020 |
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| Re: How Umahi, Other SE PDP Governors Worked Against Obi VP Race In 2019. by ThatFairGuy1: 9:50am On Dec 06, 2020 |
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