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  • Updated: November 18, 2020

'People Were Suspicious Of Me Because I Did Not Castigate President Buhari' - Umahi Speaks On Defection To APC

'People Were Suspicious Of Me Because I Did Not Castigate Pr

The Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi, said that former fellow party members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) were suspicious of him because he did not "castigate" President Muhammadu Buhari.

Umahi stated this in a chat with reporters in Abakaliki, the state capital on his controversial move from the PDP to the All Progressives Congress (APC).

He described those who refused to toe the same line as him - to refrain from criticising Buhari - as people who do not have "character".

He said, “Every man runs his destiny. One thing I have promised is that I will never castigate PDP; just like in PDP, my only sin is that I refused to castigate Mr. President and till thy kingdom come, I will not do that because that is my family character.”

“But those who don’t have character, they were very suspicious of me because I don’t castigate the President, that I could be leaking information of PDP.

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“What nonsense is that? I came from a known family and a place where there is character. So, I have got a character; nobody either in APC or PDP will say that whoever discusses anything, I have to go and leak it. To leak it for what? Is it for money, is it for fame?”

Nobody Promised Me Anything

Umahi stated that his reason for decamping had nothing to do with seeking a Presidency ticket, averring that he will not.

He added that his recent political family promised him nothing, despite what has been rumoured, stating that his defecting was "a protest to the injustice being done to Southeast by the PDP since 1998 till date.

“Let it be known to all that nobody promised me anything, let it be known to all that I moved because of injustice, and I have no regret about that.

“Some people say I will regret this movement, I laugh at them; as if they saw God as if they are my God. I am satisfied being a businessman, I am satisfied doing my businesses and that is all.”

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