PRESS RELEASE
Governor David Umahi said on Thursday that his victory in the recent rerun primary election of the APC for the Ebonyi South Senatorial position is not in doubt.
Umahi was reacting to the social media reports levelled against him, alleging some executives of the All Progressives Congress, APC in Umudomi in Onivha Local Government Area of the State we're yesterday held hostage in an attempt to force them to sign a suspension letter against one Mrs Ann Agom-Eze, a member of the party in the ward.
Recall that Ann Agom-Eze
The attention of the Executive Governor of Ebonyi state has been drawn some rumours from the social media alleging that some Executives of the All Progressives Congress in Umudomi, Onicha Local Government area of the State were yesterday held hostage in an attempt to force them to sign a suspension letter against one Mrs Ann Agom Eze, a member of the party in the ward.
Ordinarily, we wouldn't have responded to such conjectures except that the mischief makers deviously dragged the good reputation of the Governor and the revered State Party officials into their poisonous farce.
We wish to State categorically that the rumours are both unfounded and tell-conceived to create unnecessary tension and foist emotional blackmail on the people.
For the records, neither the State Government nor Governor David Nweze Umahi as a person has any Score with the said Mrs Agom Eze as to plot her suspension from the ward level of the party.
Agom Eze lost in both the first and the subsequent reruns of the APC Primary election for Ebonyi South Senatorial district. Does it not sound absurd that Governor Umahi who won the election should stake the sum of Ten million naira as alleged by the rumour mongers, to secure the suspension of Mrs Agom Eze?
The governor is the candidate of the party and the contests that went on do not suggest he has anything to fear from any quarters. So, what should be his interest in getting anybody removed from the party?
Engr. Chief David Nweze Umahi, the leader of the APC family in the State, understands that the bigger the Party, the greater the impact. He therefore could never have been a Party to any attempt to diminish the dominating number, strength and influence of the Party in the State.
The rumour mongers should, rather than vector unfounded allegations, advise the said Mrs Agom Eze and their paymasters to accept the outcome of the election and support the Party to achieve its certain victory in the State, come 2023, rather than sponsoring aspersions against the State Party leadership and her Ebonyi South Senatorial candidate.
If Mrs Agom Eze has any problem with her Party ward leaders, she should mend fences with them instead of dragging the State Party leadership and the Governor of Ebonyi State into it.
And for those who delight in spreading fake news, it is pertinent to advise them that the State's law against Cybercrime and fake news is still in force.
Chooks Oko
SA to Ebonyi State Governor on Media and Strategy
11.08.22
