Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi, has defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC).
The governors defection comes after weeks of speculation that he had taken the decision to dump the opposition party for the ruling party.
Addressing a press conference in Abakaliki, the Ebonyi State capital, yesterday, Umahi confirmed that he has joined the governing APC to protest the injustice in the PDP; and not because he wanted the PDP to hand him its presidential ticket ahead of the 2023 elections
Umahi, regarded as one of the better performing governors in the country and is credited with delivering on a slew of infrastructure promises, added that the PDP is refusing to zone the 2023 presidency to the southeast and that that doesn’t sit well with him. His admirers boast that he has also changed the face of Abakaliki, the Ebonyi state capital.
Umahi was first elected Ebonyi governor in 2015. His second term as governor elapses in 2023.
