The Governor of Ebonyi State, David Umahi wants President-elect, Bola Tinubu, to integrate some highly placed opposition members into his administration, including Rivers State, Governor Nyesom Wike.
Umahi made the remarks at commissioning of the remodelled Community Secondary School, Okoro Nu Odo, in the Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State.
The governor highlighted the role Wike, a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), played in the election of Tinubu, the All-Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, popularly referred to as Asiwaju; and his running mate Kashim Shettima.
Umahi also mockingly appreciated the PDP National Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu, for working for Tinubu’s election, noting that Ayu’s resignation would have made the chances of the APC more difficult.
“I want to also thank very highly the suspended chairman of PDP,” Umahi said in an apparent jab at Ayu‘s recent sanction by the Benue State chapter of his party for alleged anti-party activities.
“He did very well because he had accepted to resign, it would have been very difficult for the APC. So, he’s our man and I commend him very well.
“And I’m begging Wike – they should lift his suspension, so that he can suspend many more of your leaders.
“We love what he has done, and so we commend him. And I think Asiwaju must know that he worked for him and must also integrate him in the next administration.”
Umahi was previously a member of the PDP until he defected to the APC in 2021.
