Ahead 2019 Election: i can not to leave PDP- Umahi

At Government House, Abakaliki while reacting to the speculations, Chief Dave Umahi Governor of Ebonyi state, yesterday said he has no plan to leave the People’s Democratic Party(PDP) contrary to rumours going rounds in the polity that he was planning to join the All Progressives Congress(APC) at Government House, Abakaliki while reacting to the speculations.

He noted that he had benefited immensely from the PDP as chairman, deputy governor, and ultimately state governor.

He said he was focused on how to attract democratic dividends to the people of the state and not dirty politics.

“The clarification is that my relationship with Mr. President is because he is Mr. President, and he is my boss and the relationship is
personal.

“Mr. President or any APC person has never asked me to come to APC, and they will never ask me, and there is no reason for me to leave my
party PDP of which I am the party chairman, deputy governor and now governor.


“I have always insisted in character. People that jumps from one party to the other should examine their characters, except if there is any problem within your party.

“As for today, till tomorrow until Christ comes, there is no crisis in PDP. Even if there is a need for me to leave PDP, I can never leave PDP to the kind of APC in Ebonyi State.

“Because with the kind of leaders in Ebonyi APC, leaders that have failed Ebonyi State. I can never be on the same political platform
with them.


“I am focused to do my job. I am focused in governance. I have always insisted that we should leave party politics to our party men and
women, while as soon as you are elected, you should focus on your job.

“The fever that has been griping me since the day I was elected was for me to do my job, the dividends of democracy and the plight of our
people.

“So they should leave me alone with this their dirty politics. I am focused; I am PDP. As a member of PDP, I have benefited on the
platform to be a party chairman, to be a deputy governor, and now a governor. I am a man of character”, Umahi said.