UPDATED: Ebonyi Governor Finally Dumps PDP, Cites ‘Injustice’

Weeks after rumours of his planned defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ebonyi State Governor, Dave Umahi, has officially joined the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Umahi cited “injustice” against the South East geo-political zone as his reason for dumping the PDP.

The Ebonyi governor confirmed his defection to the APC at a press conference in Abakaliki, the Ebonyi State capital, on Tuesday,

He said, “Let me clear the air and state that I never sort for the ticket of PDP Presidency and I will not. Whoever that said that I moved to APC because they refused to zone the ticket to me is being very mischievous. Because even if PDP promises me, an individual a presidential ticket, how does it work?”

“It is expected that we’ll over 8000 delegates would elect the person and such promise cannot happen without more than 10 or 20 people. People are being very mischievous but I tell you, there are a lot of prominent people from South East that can take the slot of PDP.

“Why am I moving to APC? Some people said I was promised this and that but I tell you, there is no such discussion. APC never promised me any position, they never promised South East any position, there was no such discussion, however I offered this movement as a protest to the injustice being done to South East by the PDP since 1998 till date.”

Earlier reports had said that PDP leaders from the South East were threatening to leave the party over alleged refusal to zone its 2023 presidential ticket to the region.