The Association of Ebonyi State Indigenes in the Diaspora (AESID) has warned the national leadership of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to be wary of its new catch, Governor Dave Umahi.
It described the new APC entrant as a “baggage of controversies…and distractions.”
The association also commended some state lawmakers and cabinet members who refused to join the governor on his defection to the APC.
Reaction to the confirmation by the governor that he was leaving his party; Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the APC, the Ebonyi indegenes advised the ruling party to tread cautiously with Umahi.
In a statement signed Wednesday and made available to newsmen in Abuja by its President, Ambassador Paschal Oluchukwu, the association said Umahi, who has always boasted in videos on the Social Media that he was 100% PDP and 100% APC, should not be trusted by anybody.
“This is a very defining moment and a period of great test of integrity for some politicians in our dear state and exhibition of downright foolishness laced with cowardice on the part of those who are still clutching to Umahi’s straws despite his starvation rate of pay.
“We commend the eight members of the Ebonyi State House of Assembly who chose not to abandon their people and the political platforms that brought them to power despite threats, pressures and even suspensions from Umahi hirelings in the EBHA.
“We also wish to commend the likes of the two-term member of the House of Representatives, Hon. Lazarus Ogbee, Mrs. Rebecca Ogbuewu and other appointees who resigned their positions as members of the State Executive Council.
“Our thumbs up also go to some of the elders and foundation members of the PDP for maintaining their stand that they shall remain dyed-in-the-wool members of the PDP which has given so many dividends to our dear State in the past two decades.
On the other hand, knocks must be given to the elders and stakeholders of both parties who, for a porridge of yam, are jumping into the fray with Umahi.
“Lastly, the APC national leadership should be aware that they are purchasing for themselves a…baggage of controversies, deceits and distractions and must therefore be advised to tread cautiously,” the statement read in part.
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