“My family plotted against me and supported Peter Obi,” claims Umahi.

Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State, who is also the senator-elect for the Ebonyi South senatorial district, has said that members of his family plotted to sabotage him during the presidential election on February 25.

As he appeared on Channels Television on Monday night, the state’s governor said that he will step down on May 29, 2023, to be replaced by a new administration.

In the run-up to the presidential election, Umahi said he was unaware that members of his family had supported Peter Obi, a candidate for the Labour Party.

He claimed that voters chose Obi as a protest against the difficulties they were experiencing.

“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 elections in my state. I see the Labour Party vote as a protest against my party; against the Peoples Democratic Party.

“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 the All Progressives Congress because of what we’ve done in the state. It’s very surprising.

“It was not a vote for His Excellency, Peter Obi. As such, there are seeming hardships and challenges in Nigeria,” he claimed.