A Federal High Court in Abuja ordered Umahi and his deputy to vacate office after it was approached by the PDP to nullify the governor’s defection to the APC Umahi, while reacting, had said the judge lacks the power to remove him EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has berated Ebonyi … Read more
The judge ordered the PDP to immediately send names of replacements to INEC so that fresh elections can be conducted The PDP had approached the court to nullify Umahi’s defection to the APC The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has nominated Iduma Enwo Igariwey as a replacement for Governor David Umahi, and Fred Udeogu as Deputy … Read more
Governor Umahi and his deputy had been elected into office in the 2015 and 2019 general elections on the platform of the PDP before defecting to the APC last year The PDP approached the court, asking for Umahi’s removal. EKO HOT BLOG reports that the All Progressives Congress (APC) has condemned the Federal High Court’s … Read more
The PDP had approached the court, asking for Umahi’s removal after he defected from the party to the APC Umahi said he will appeal the judgement by the Federal High Court, presided over by Justice Ekwo EKO HOT BLOG reports that Governor David Umahi has reacted to the judgement of the Federal High Court in … Read more
The Ebonyi Commissioner further added that Governor David Umahi was suitably qualified to run for the position of the President… EKO HOT BLOG reports that a former State Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ebonyi State, Barr. Onyekachi Nwebonyi, on Wednesday stated that Igbos must connect to the politics at the Centre to … Read more
Umahi charged Fani-Kayode to withdraw his claim The Ebonyi State Governor, Dave Umahi, has rubbished the claim by former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, that he facilitated his defection to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Umahi insisted that Fani-Kayode played no role in his defection from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to the APC. Fani-Kayode had … Read more
“We condemn in totality, the activities of violent secessionist groups in the South East and elsewhere. Governors in the Southeastern part of Nigeria, under the umbrella of South East Governors’ Forum have declared that members of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB are not speaking for the entire region on the call for secession. The … Read more
The group said Governor Umahi should step aside so as to face trial of alleged conspiracy on the recent killing of armless Ebonyi citizens. A pressure group, Igbo National Council (INC) Worldwide has given the Governor of Ebonyi State a twenty-one-day ultimatum to resign, accusing him of conspiring with killer Fulani herders to kill his … Read more
Chief David Umahi, Ebonyi Ebonyi state governor, Chief David Umahi, yesterday said he resisted alleged plan by former Secretary to the Government of the Federation,Chief Anyim Pius; former governor of the state, Dr. Sam Egwu and the acting National Vice Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) South East zone,Chief Ali Odefa to set the … Read more
NOVEMBER 20, 2020 The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said that its political strength in Ebonyi State and the entire South East region was never in doubt. PDP National Chairman, Uche Secondus, stated this in his address at the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting held on Thursday in Abuja. Secondus who made the statement … Read more
Ebonyi State Government has ordered members of the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) to suspend their industrial action or be sacked. JUSUN members commenced the strike on August 13. They are protesting the non-implementation of the Consolidated Judiciary Salary Structure (CJSS). The union defiled Governor David Umahi’s threat in a recent state function, to … Read more