Kenneth Onuoha
The caretaker chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ebonyi State, Chief Stanley Okoro Emegha, has absolved the state Governor, Dave Umahi, from in the crisis rocking the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in the state.
The state’s PDP Chairman, Chief Fred Udeogu, at a press conference held in Abuja on Friday, alleged that Governor Umahi was secretly working to be in control of the party after defecting to the APC.
Udeogu also alleged that the lives of some influential members of the party in the state were being threatened by the governor and some of his loyalists.
But, addressing newsmen in Abakaliki, Emegha described the allegations as laughable, and urged the opposition leaders to stop wasting their times on frivolities.
“It is a laughable allegation because Governor David Umahi is no longer a member of the PDP and has no business whatsoever with the opposition party. He has moved to the next level and cannot go back to his vomit. Those alleging that the Govenor wants to be controling the PDP after leaving the party are unfair to him.
“For the records, he has absolutely no interest in PDP. His interest is how to move the entire South into the APC, and ensure the victory of the party in Anambra during the forthcoming governorship election.
“Some of the PDP members alleging that the Governor was threatening their lives, it is laughable. They are all playing to the gallery. Some of them move around with as many as eight mobile police men whilst some of us in government move without any security escort, and nobody has disturbed them. The truth is that nobody is threatening their lives. They are just raising unnecessary alarms to draw undue attention to themselves.”