APC Getting Stronger In South East Despite LP Onslaught – Umahi

Ebonyi State governor, Dave Umahi has said the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), is getting stronger in the Southeast despite the string of successes recorded by the Labour Party (LP), in the recent presidential and national assembly elections in the region.

He disclosed this to state house correspondents on Tuesday in Abuja after he met with President Muhammadu Buhari at the presidential villa.

Umahi, who emerged senator-elect in the elections, noted that his state, Ebonyi, APC recorded significant successes because of the strength of the party.

He also noted that while the Labour Party has no gubernatorial candidate in the forthcoming governorship election in Ebonyi State, even if there was one, the APC will still win the election because of the quality of candidate fielded.

He said, “I will, first of all, like to analyse my state and maybe talk about other states, you know we are going to have a governorship election in only three states and a house of assembly election in five states.

“For my state, I have nothing to worry about, I think God has done the work for me and our candidate, which is a God-driven candidate, is going to emerge, no matter how desperate the opposition will want to try.

“First and foremost is that Mr Peter Obi has announced that there is no Labour Party gubernatorial candidate in Ebonyi State. That is one, but even if the candidate stands in the election, he’s no match for the candidate of the APC, so I’m very sure that we’re going to win.

“Because I’ve been very busy in Ebonyi State, it’s not been very much easy for me to join gubernatorial campaign in Enugu State or in Abia State, so I won’t be able to honestly analyse what are the chances of our party, but I believe that we have very strong candidates, especially in Abia State and I believe that he will emerge. This is the most I can say about that”, he said.

Asked about the chances of the Southeast in the composition of the leadership of the next national assembly, in view of his assertion, the governor said that every geopolitical zone would be given a fair chance when the time comes for that.

He stressed that the president-elect, Bola Tinubu, had directed incoming national assembly members to step down the issue of parliamentary leadership tussle until after the governorship and state assembly polls next Saturday.