Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi state Tuesday debunked a newspaper publication that claimed he belongs to both Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and All Progressive Congress (APC).
Newspapers Monday stated that the governor boasted of belonging to the two political parties. But Umahi, through the state commissioner for information and orientation, Uchenna Orji Tuesday said the governor was mischievously quoted out of contest.
He stated this while addressing journalists in Abakaliki.
He said: ” The state government has noted the notorious on line circulations and antics of a syndicate in the habit of spreading falsehood against the government of Ebonyi state and who is also the architect of the local news trending online and credited to one Oyirioha Nnamdi who recently sent a dummy on line to unsuspecting members of the public misrepresenting the statement of the governor of Ebonyi state on those who hide under partisan politics to malign the leadership of Ebonyi state for selfish reasons.
“In their desperate attempt to cause disaffection against the state government, they mischievously misrepresented the governor as saying: “I am the only governor that belongs to PDP and APC. This blackmail is nothing but a cheap and childish fabrication that is irritably displeasing to the sensibilities of the ordinary man. It is a common sense that no one party member in Nigeria can belong to another political party at a time. The governor never said that he belongs to APC. He is unshakably a PDP chieftain and has been a great party man, whose track records as historic state party chairman and currently PDP governor and leader in Ebonyi state are known and admired by people of good will.
“The governor only said in the course of his speech that those who are in the habit of hiding under partisan politics to peddle lies against the state government were on a frolic of their own as people of different political colorations including APC know the virtues of his administration.”
