Governor of Ebonyi State, David Umahi, has again explained why he left the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
Mr Umahi, who was elected governor twice after also serving two terms as deputy governor under the PDP, defected from the party in November last year.
In Jigawa State on Saturday as the guest of Governor Muhammad Badaru, Mr Umahi said PDP’s politics of bitterness and anger drove him out of the opposition party.
Speaking to a crowd of government officials and APC supporters at a ceremony to commission a road project in Jigawa, Mr Umahi said his major problem in the PDP was that he was expected to “be castigating President Muhammadu Buhari.”
The event in Babura, the home local government area of the host governor, was attended by top APC politicians from Ebonyi and Jigawa States.
“As governor, my only boss is my wife and President Muhammadu Buhari is the overall boss of all. If you were brought up well, you will know that you don’t have to insult an elder and your boss,” the governor said.
“The president deserves our respect and support because he means well for all Nigerians and the country.
“When I was in the PDP, all the governors got support from the president to strengthen their states. This is a man that has respect for every governor, a man who never sends anybody against his enemy. He deserves our respect and support.
“Without the support of the president it would have been terrible for governors, he never showed party inclination in helping the states.
Mr Umahi also said he moved to the APC to take back the Igbo into the national political centre.
He said the southeast had always been in alliance with the north, saying ”this is what we are fighting for and you need to be informed.”
