Minister of Works Dave Umahi has set the political stage on rumbling with his declaration that the South-East, especially Ebonyi, is firmly President Bola Tinubu’s stronghold ahead of 2027, while dismissing Peter Obi’s OBIdient Movement as dead in the region.
“We are not OBIdient people. We have been so marginalised that we are no longer OBIdient. No, we are not.
“But it is the man that has given us a sense of belonging, President Bola Tinubu. Let it not be that we are from Ebonyi State and they are saying this state belongs to us. There is no OBIdient person in Ebonyi,” Umahi thundered at the Ohanivo 2025 New Yam Festival in Onicha.
The fiery ex-governor tore into Obi’s movement, branding the 2023 election outcome a mistake the South-East won’t repeat.
“What we have to do is to record the good things that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has done for South-East and Ebonyi State when the time comes. We will not be deceived again because the last election was a mistake, but we have come to be wiser. I will not finish naming all that the President is doing for us,” Umahi declared.
