2027: SouthEast no longer Obidient, we will vote for Tinubu – Umahi
Minister of Works, Dave Umahi, has declared that the South-East, particularly Ebonyi State, will back President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 elections.
Speaking at the Ohanivo 2025 New Yam Festival in Onicha LGA, Ebonyi, the former governor said there is no space for the Peter Obi-led Obidient Movement in the state.
Umahi argued that the region has faced years of marginalization and will no longer be “deceived.” He maintained that in 2027, the South-East, especially Ebonyi, will reciprocate Tinubu’s “good deeds” with their votes.
He said: “We are not Obidient people. We have been so marginalized 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 State.”
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,” he added.
