Governor Dave Umahi of Ebonyi State is very angry with Femi Fani-Kayode for saying that he was instrumental to his defection to the All Progressive Congress (APC).

Umahi said; “I think he needs to withdraw that statement, he’s my good friend but, it was an insult on my person and the other governors.

“The man did not know when I moved, but incidentally he visited me and we discussed, and he said he was coming to join me with the other governors to declare.”

“How would somebody in the PDP be instrumental to my moving?  A whole governor of the state. Not even a small governor, an experience governor. He has to withdraw the statement.”

“He was never part of any discussion of my movement. I moved South-East to the centre of administration. I moved to close the gap between the centre and South-East, which our forefathers like Nnamdi Azikiwe fought for.”

“So for somebody to come and say that a whole chairman of South-East Governors Forum, he was instrumental to that, was an insult to my person and with all due respect, he has to withdraw the statement.

“He remains my friend and a good one for that matter but, he played no role in my movement and I sure he didn’t play any role in the movement of others”.