All roads lead to Ebonyi State as the State Governor, David Umahi officially joins the ruling party, All Progressives Congress.
Eminent politicians, including Governors of All Progressives Congress (APC), former Senate President Ken Nnamani, among others are currently in Ebonyi State to felicitate with the Governor.
The Deputy governor Eric Igwe at the event announced that he will be joining his principal in the APC.
According to the Deputy Governor of the Ebonyi State, Eric Igwe: “Where you go I will go, where you stand, I will stand.”
Governor Umahi in his speech at the official defection announced that, “henceforth, Ebonyi is 100% APC.”
Umahi had earlier on Tuesday, November 27 dumped PDP for APC after weeks of speculation that he had taken the decision to dump the opposition party for the ruling party.
He also faulted the claims that he left the PDP to achieve his ambition of becoming the president in 2023.
While giving reasons for his defection, he said is the South East region has suffered what he describes as injustice in the PDP.
The governor disclosed that the decision to leave the PDP for the APC was to protest against what he described as the injustice of the opposition party to the South East.
