Tinubu, Nwifuru will win Ebonyi in 2027 — Umahi

Minister of Works, Senator David Umahi, has said President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Ebonyi State Governor Francis Nwifuru will win the state convincingly in the 2027 general election.

Umahi, who is the Deputy Director-General for Infrastructure, Mobilisation and Sensitisation of the Tinubu/APC 2027 Presidential Campaign Council, stated this on Sunday in Abakaliki during a South-East sensitisation campaign for Ebonyi North and Central senatorial zones.

He declared that Ebonyi was firmly behind the All Progressives Congress (APC), expressing confidence that Tinubu and Nwifuru would secure overwhelming victories in the forthcoming election.

The former Ebonyi governor also said wealthy individuals in the state would deploy their resources to support the party’s campaign.

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“President Bola Tinubu is going to win second tenure. Governor Francis Nwifuru is going to win second tenure.

“Anyone that does not wish Tinubu and Nwifuru second tenures, may he not have second tenure in his life.

“The style of our campaign this time is going to be very dynamic. We will knock on our fathers and mothers’ doors at 6 a.m. and deliver our campaign messages to them.

“Ebonyi is completely APC. I have said it that Governor Nwifuru has friends and Ebonyi people who are very rich. We have a lot of Ebonyi youths, Ebonyi elders, Ebonyi women that will bring money to support the government of APC. Nothing to fear about,” he said.

Umahi further said the campaign would target victory in 95 per cent of polling units across the state.

“We will defend President Tinubu, we will defend Governor Nwifuru, we will defend the Lion of South-East, myself.

“We have said that Ebonyi State is totally for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and we shall tackle anybody who insults him. Ebonyi State is benefiting from his administration and we have to appreciate and support him.

“We are not looking for 80 per cent win, we are looking to win 95 per cent of our polling units and we will go for it, we will campaign for it and we will educate our people for it,” he added.

The minister dismissed claims by opposition figures that they could defeat the APC in Ebonyi in 2027, describing such expectations as unrealistic.

“It is very unthinkable that somebody will sit down and think that this Minister will lose his governor to another person.

“We are supporting President Bola Tinubu, we are supporting the governor, we are supporting the Minister of Works and we are supporting all APC candidates,” Umahi said.

He also cited federal infrastructure projects as reasons residents should support Tinubu’s administration, highlighting road and bridge projects linking Ebonyi with other states.

“We are going to be strategic, we are going to be wiser. The project President Bola Tinubu is doing for us, I don’t know any other President that will do it for us; from Ndibe Beach to Onueke and the most beautiful flyover in South-East, and from there to Ukwuachi, from there to Ishieke and down to our border with Benue State.

“The project is continuing through Agatu Local Government Area in Benue and it enters into Benue again, from Benue, it goes into Enugu, it comes out from Enugu and goes into Benue again, enters Kogi State and the second section is in Nasarawa, Owete Bridge.

“What this means is that anywhere you are in Ebonyi State, from Afikpo and other parts of South-East, you can get to Abuja within three hours. There is nothing that is greater than that. We are working very hard to complete Oferekpe Road and complete the bridge so that you can link our brothers in South-East,” the minister stated.

Meanwhile, a traditional ruler, Sunday Oketa, assured the campaign that Ebonyi State would deliver all APC candidates in the 2027 general election.