{"id":122584,"date":"2025-09-28T16:50:35","date_gmt":"2025-09-28T15:50:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=122584"},"modified":"2025-09-28T16:50:35","modified_gmt":"2025-09-28T15:50:35","slug":"2027-no-obidient-in-ebonyi-umahi-declares-pledges-support-for-tinubu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/2027-no-obidient-in-ebonyi-umahi-declares-pledges-support-for-tinubu\/","title":{"rendered":"2027: No \u2018OBIdient\u2019 in Ebonyi, Umahi Declares, Pledges Support for Tinubu"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By Myke Agunwa<\/div>\n
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Minister of Works, Dave Umahi, has declared that the South-East, especially Ebonyi State, will support President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 presidential election, dismissing the influence of Peter Obi\u2019s OBIdient Movement in the region.<\/div>\n
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Speaking at the Ohanivo 2025 New Yam Festival in Onicha Local Government Area of Ebonyi over the weekend, Umahi said the people of the South-East had been marginalised for too long and have now shifted political allegiance.<\/div>\n
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\u201cWe are not OBIdient people. We have been so marginalised that we are no longer OBIdient. It is the man who has given us a sense of belonging, President Bola Tinubu. There is no OBIdient person in Ebonyi,\u201d he said.<\/div>\n
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The former governor stressed that Tinubu has demonstrated goodwill to the region, and the people would, in turn, reward him at the polls in 2027. He argued that the outcome of the 2023 presidential election had made the South-East \u201cpolitically wiser.\u201d<\/div>\n
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Umahi\u2019s comments reflect growing realignments in the region ahead of 2027, setting the stage for renewed debates over loyalty, development, and representation in national politics.<\/div>\n
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