‘Works Minister, Umahi still in control of Ebonyi, decides who gets what in 2027 polls – Ezeh insists

By Uchenna Okeh

The Labour Party, LP, candidate for the House of Representatives in the last 2023 general election, Emmanuel Ezeh on Monday insisted that the former governor of Ebonyi State, David Umahi is still in total control of the state and decides who gets what in the state politics.

Eze, however, inferred that the minister of work, Umahi’s political value can hardly go unnoticed, especially in deciding who gets what in the forthcoming 2027 general election in the state. 

The former Labour Party, LP, candidate, Ezeh made this known in a statement signed and issued to newsmen through his social media handle, wherein he applauded Umahi on his recent award by Silverbird as the best performing Minister in President Bola Tinubu’s cabinet.

He expressed surprise that the few performers in the current administration came from the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, and described those in ruling All Progressives Congress, APC as incompetent people without character, but have the capacity to build evil and nothing more.

His words: “Let me congratulate His Excellency Engr Senator Dave Nweze Umahi on this award as the best-performing minister in Tinubu’s cabinet.  

“Surprisingly, but worthy of note, the few performers in this administration all came from the PDP. APC is totally a party of incompetent people without character, with the capacity to build evil and nothing more. The reason they destroyed everything handed to them in 2015. Nigeria died in 2015 – Simple!

“Today in Ebonyi politics, Umahi holds all the four accessions. Don’t mind sycophants milking the governor to deceive you. He is strategic albeit in the negative. 

“He saw the impotence of the older politicians and ran them out. He saw through their greed and hunger and their lack of character and took full advantage.

“In 2027, Umahi will still be a force to reckon with unless the current governor makes a sharp turn.

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“You see – you can’t compare my brother Dave Umahi to that loquacious Nyesom Wike. Dave operates from a position of strength and does not fight unprepared battles. If you place Dave in Wike’s position, he would have pretentiously crawled or rolled, if possible, to the religious leaders, kneeled for the governor, and made peace while sharpening his knife for the midnight kill. Dave is smart while Wike is abrasive!

“Let Wike take lessons from Dave Umahi before it is too late. As for those looking for Umahi’s trouble in Ebonyi, it will be unfortunate if Gov Nwifuru allows himself to be dragged into any conflict with his former boss. 

He advised the governor to focus on evidence-based governance rather than emotion, stressing that good governance is driven by data.