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Hold Umahi responsible if anything happens to our members – Ebonyi PDP petitions IGP

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The management of the Folks’s Democratic Get together (PDP), Ebonyi State Chapter, on the weekend mentioned it has petitioned the Inspector Common of Police (IGP), Usman Alkali Baba, to carry Governor David Umahi accountable if something untoward occurs to any of their members within the state.

The Chairman of the get together, Elder Fred Udogu, who made this identified whereas briefing journalists in Abakaliki, the state capital, added that his get together will now not settle for threats from the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) led by Umahi.

Udogu additional said that Ebonyi belongs to the PDP and that his get together is ready to take over the federal government come 2023 common election.

“We insist that Ebonyi belongs to PDP, and we are going to take over Ebonyi in 2023” he mentioned.

He expressed dismay over an alleged unguided remark credited to the governor whereby PDP leaders have been accused of sponsoring unknown gunmen to assault the state.

In keeping with him: “The governor was mentioning the names of our state leaders in PDP, saying that they’re liable for the disaster taken place within the state however I don’t know the kind of disaster he’s speaking about.

“It is extremely ridiculous that the governor is speaking this fashion, the APC authorities led by Umahi must be guided on what he says about people within the public. Why not the governor orders the police to research, invite or arrest all these folks he talked about for investigation?

“Why now? We’ve been with him since his first tenure in 2015 until final yr November when he defected to APC, and didn’t make this allegation. He’s reasonably the one in opposition and opposing us.

“He received elections underneath PDP each in his first and second tenure. Like any person mentioned, why didn’t he contest his second tenure underneath APC if he have been that robust? We made him what he’s. We paid our dues to verify he returned to energy, notably through the second tenure in 2019.

“And he’s now alleging that we’re the causes of the issues in Ebonyi state. There are issues in Anambra, Abia, Cross River, Enugu, Imo, Delta states, and so on, and we’re the reason for Ebonyi State’s issues. Don’t you see one thing is mistaken someplace?

“We’ve the curiosity of the state at coronary heart and we will by no means work in direction of inflicting a disaster within the state. We’re condemning the disaster on this state as a result of he’s not managing the disaster very properly.

“Take a look at what he did constituting Ebubeagu and arming them to assault us. I’m completely satisfied when he (Umahi) was chatting with the AIG zone 9 Umuahia, AIG Ene Okon. We had already petitioned the inspector common of police, IGP Usman Alkali, over what he’s doing to us.

“We’ve written to all authorities that matter on this nation that, if something occurs to anyone within the PDP on this state, he (Umahi) must be held accountable. We can not go away this state for him,” he said.

In a swift response, the Chairman of the APC within the state, Chief Stanley Okoro Emegha, mentioned no quantity of wailing can return PDP and its National Assembly members again to energy in 2023.

Emegha who spoke to journalists by means of the secretary Charles Ofoke mentioned “Governor Umahi nonetheless stays the chief safety officer of the state and he’s dedicated to securing the lives and property of the residents within the state.

“To that impact, they need to come clear with what they imply by holding the Governor accountable ought to something occur to any of their members” he said.