Ebonyi State Governor David Umahi (APC), has stated that his family conspired against him to vote for Peter Obi of the Labour Party in the February 25 presidential election.
Umahi who said it was surprising that President Muhammadu Buhari and the President-elect lost their states to the opposition parties at the polls, made this known on Monday during a Channels Television interview.
He affirmed that he underestimated the Labour Party and insists Peter Obi got protest votes, stressing that the votes obtained by the LP during the election were not because of Peter Obi but rather were protest-votes due to hardship and challenges in Nigeria.
He said; “In all honesty, I didn’t give any chance to the Labour Party to win any election in my State (Ebonyi State) because what we have put in place was such that no other political party should be able to win anything, not even Councilorship election in my State. I saw the Labour Party vote as a protest against my Party (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
“I was very surprised; even in my family, there was a conspiracy against me. I did not know that they voted for Peter Obi, but in the other election, they voted for APC because of what we’ve done in the State.
“It was not a vote for His Excellency Peter Obi. As such, there is seemingly hardship and challenges in Nigeria”, he stated.