Umahi asks PDP to shame him by zoning 2023 presidential ticket to southeast

The governor of Ebonyi state, David Umahi, has said he is waiting for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to put him to shame by zoning its 2023 presidential ticket to the southeast.

The Sun reports that the governor stated this when Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, former governor of Abia, hosted him to dinner in Abuja on Sunday, November 22.

Recall that Umahi recently defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), citing alleged injustice by the PDP against the southeast region.

He believed the southeast's loyalty to the PDP should be rewarded with the party's 2023 presidential ticket.

Umahi also told the PDP to stop attacking his person, saying there was no basis for it.

The Ebonyi state governor said he has not attacked the opposition party since he left for the APC but has only pointed out that its injustice against the southeast.

He, however, added that his former party had every right to be angry, even as he said he was not going to join any issues with the opposition leaders.

In his remarks, Senator Kalu dismissed media reports that some APC chieftains were not happy that Governor Umahi joined the ruling party as untrue.