Group Denies Endorsing Gov Umahi’s Preferred Candidate

A group, Unwu-Ekumenyi Youth Movement yesterday distanced itself from the purported endorsement of the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Ebonyi State, Hon Francis Nwifuru by a section of APC elders from Ezza clan.

In a statement signed by the president general of the group, Mr Samchi Mgbada and the secretary general, Mr Egwu Solomon it said the purported endorsement was ill-motivated and has no effect on the people of Ezza Ezekuna.

The group noted that the said endorsement is meant to cause division, disunity and perhaps disrupt the existing peace and harmony between and among Ezza Ezekuna people in the different political parties.

It maintained that the action is a desecration of the sacred Nchionu Okpoku Ezekuna ancestral home where only decisions that border on the welfare and wellbeing of Ezza Ezekuna people are discussed and agreed upon.

The group further stated that the masterminds of the endorsement led by Hon Innocent Ugo Chima, a former House of Representatives member and others involved are current appointees of either the federal or state governments.

“Most of the other leaders involved in this charade specially targeted at causing disaffection among the Ezzas are equally holding one appointment or the other either at the federal or state level under the ruling APC.

“Some others are even bearing the tickets of the same APC for various elective offices ahead of the 2023 general elections,” it said.”

It urged the people of the state to disregard the purported endorsement of Hon Nwifuru adding that the endorsement was motivated by financially inducement.