Sahara Reporters
The Association of Ebonyi Indigenes in the Diaspora has rejected the presidential ambition of the state governor, David Umahi.
Governor Umahi had on Tuesday met with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Aso Rock Villa and thereafter announced his intention to succeed him.
AESID’s President, Paschal Oluchukwu, in a statement said it received with mixed feelings the news that the governor declared his intention to contest for presidency, saying he should give stewardship of his seven years in the state.
According to Oluchukwu, Nigeria won’t survive a week under the “dictatorship style of governor Umahi” as president.
He said, “How has he secured our tiny Ebonyi State with the consistent and reported attacks and communal clashes recorded under his administration, some of which are allegedly fuelled even by his political appointees.
“As we speak, thousands who were displaced by communal war in Effium, Ohaukwu Local Government Area of the state are yet to return to their ancestral homes, needless to speak of receiving any succour whatsoever from the Umahi administration.
“The thousands of victims who were also displaced in three communities in Ezza North LGA where he is lavishing public funds in building an international cargo airport remain displaced as they are yet to be duly compensated by the Umahi administration. Hunger and poverty have been weaponised by his government such that all might come to beg for crumbs on his table.
“Any wonder Ebonyi is now officially rated the poverty capital…
