By Ayo Kehinde
Governor Dave Umahi of Ebonyi State, has described former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, as a liar.
Fani-Kayode, while defecting to the All Progressives Congress (APC) and pledging loyalty to President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, declared that he worked to bring Umahi and two other PDP governors, Cross River’s Ben Ayade and Matawale of Zamfara to APC, promising to lead another three into the party in the future.
Speaking on Friday on Channels Television breakfast programme, Sunrise Daily, a visibly angry Umahi denied being persuaded by Fani-Kayode to join APC, pointing out that he did so “without the input of a third party.”
“I will not take it from Femi Fani-Kayode that he made me to join APC. It’s an insult to a big governor like me. I joined APC on my own to follow the part of our founding fathers like Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe who took the Eastern Region to the central government. I took my people back to the centre on my own and not by any Fani-Kayode”.
Umahi said he is hurt by Fani-Kayode’s claims despite the facts that they are friends, saying that he (Fani-Kayode) never played any role in his defection to the ruling party.
Umahi demanded that Fani-Kayode should take back his words and refrain from further reducing him to a Public Relations stunt.
