Governor Dave Umahi of Ebonyi State has faulted the claim by ex-Aviation minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, that he was instrumental to his defection from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to the All Progressives Congress, APC.
Fani Kayode, the newest ‘beautiful bride’ of the ruling party, was presented on Thursday to President Muhammadu Buhari at Aso Rock, Abuja.
The former minister and spokesman of PDP Presidential Campaign, had claimed that he played a leading role in the defection of three former PDP governors including Umahi, Ben Ayade of Cross River State and Bello Matawalle of Zamfara to APC.
But speaking as a guest of Channels TV Sunrise Daily, Umahi said Fani-Kayode owes him an apology over the claim, saying: “For someone to come and say that a whole Chairman of the Southeast Governors Forum, that he was instrumental to my movement from PDP to APC is an insult on my person and with all due respect, he has to withdraw that statement.
“He remains my friend and a good one for that matter, but he played no role in my movement and I am sure he didn’t play any role in the movement of the rest of us.”
