The Minister of Works, David Umahi, has urged people of Ebonyi State not to support the presidential ambition of a former governor seeking their votes ahead of the 2027 election.
Umahi made the call while addressing residents of the state in a video that has gone viral.
He challenged the former governor to name one Ebonyi indigene he appointed while serving as governor of Anambra State, questioning his relationship with the people of Ebonyi.
“When you were a governor, give me one Ebonyi person that you gave an appointment. When they removed Abakaliki Street that had been there for over fifty years, you said nothing. It’s only when it comes to votes that they say we Ebonyi people are one with other states in the South East. But when it comes to insulting us, they insult us. We are not second-class citizens. We are proud Ebonyi people” Umahi stated.
He also asked Ebonyi residents to use their votes to fight what he described as seeming lassism within the Igbo nation.
‘’Use your votes to fight. We will not go back to Egypt. We say no to second colonization. God has freed us. We have a state of our own. We are celebrating 30 years of freedom and nobody will take us back. What happened before was an accident of history. It will not repeat itself. Now you know better”
