The governor noted that it was protest votes.
Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State and Senator-elect for Ebonyi South senatorial district, has revealed how his family conspired against him during the February 25 presidential election.
Umahi who is serving out his eight years of two tenures as governor of Ebonyi State by May 29, 2023, claimed that he did not know that his families members voted for the candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi during the presidential election.
The chairman of the South-East Governors Forum, who stated this while featuring on Channels TV programme on Monday, added that Nigerians voted for the Labour Party not because of Peter Obi.
He said it was because of the hardship the people were going through.
The governor noted that it was protest votes, while expressing his surprise that President Muhammadu Buhari and the “president-elect”, Bola Tinubu lost their respective states during the election.
“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 had put in place was such that no other political party should be able to win anything, not even Councillorship 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 are seeming hardship and challenges in Nigeria," he claimed.