Ebonyi: Wike Knocks Umahi For Calling Judge Hatchet Man

Governor Nyesom Wike has berated embattled Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi, for verbally attacking a judge who ordered his sack as governor.

Recall that Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja had sacked Umahi and his deputy, Kelechi Igwe, for dumping the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the All Progressives Congress (APC).

In his reaction, Umahi described his removal and that of his deputy from office by Justice Ekwo as “a hatchet” man’s job, adding that the judge was wrong in his ruling.

Speaking at the inauguration of the Eastern Bypass Road project in Port Harcourt on Saturday, Wike lambasted Umahi for making a reckless comment against the judge.

The Rivers governor asked his Ebonyi colleague to vacate his position immediately and return the mandate he got on the platform of the PDP.

He said: “Look at a governor making a reckless statement simply because a judge made a judgement according to his own opinion, which you are entitled to appeal up to Supreme Court.

“You have called somebody a thief in the market and you’re saying I’m sorry, It is late. That your sorry, we the members of the public, we don’t take it.”

Wike said PDP’s resolve to challenge Umahi and other defectors elected on the party’s platform is a clear example of what is required to strengthen democracy.

He said, “If our party has done this earlier when people were leaving in the National Assembly, we won’t have had the problem we are having today.

“That is one of the problems of party leadership. People cannot come out and take the bull by the horns. So, Governor Umahi, be rest assured that PDP will continue this matter down to Supreme Court. We will continue with the matter.

“You carry the votes of another party and join another party. Can you transfer votes? You work hard for somebody to win election and tomorrow, the person says I have defected.

“If you have defected, leave the seat if you know it’s easy. And this will checkmate most of these political harlots who will never sit one place.“