By Ultimatenewsnigeria
Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi state has said that his defection to APC was not that the Party promised him Presidential ticket nor zoned the Presidency to South East
He said he was sacrificing himself for the purpose of actualization of the Presidential ticket for the South East zone.
The Governor who stated this while briefing journalists at the new Ebonyi Government House said he was driven by the call to change the cause of his people and Nigeria for good.
He said he offered this movement as a protest because of the injustices meted to the people of South East by PDP.
He said that the South East has remained faithful to PDP, voted for her candidates yet had not been considered fairly in Nigerian polity.
Umahi explained that if an Igbo man is President he would naturally be protective of all sections of the country moreso because the Igbo have stake in all parts of Nigeria.
" I am not driven by selfish interests but because we need to protest against marginalisation. We have benefited more from the APC government. I didn't start this protest today. I have no regrets. In life you have to be courageous".
He said the Igbo race has more chances in APC.
He noted that between 1999 till date, the South East region has continue to support the People’s Democratic Party, yet the party has not deemed it fit to zone the Presidency to the South East adding that there are credible and qualified personalities in the zone that are competent to rule the country.
He noted that he has since 2019 started the agitation for South East Presidency insisting that the zone must get it right now or else wait for another couple of years to get such opportunity again.
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