Ebonyi State Governor, Dave Umahi, elected on the platform of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Thursday made a case for President Muhammadu Buhari to seek re-election in 2019.
Umahi made his position known in an interview with State House correspondents during his visit to the Presidential Villa, Abuja, ahead of Buhari’s visit to Ebonyi, next week.
Asked if Buhari had confided in him that he would run for president again, Umahi said since it was his own desire to seek a second term as governor, he also wished the President to do the same thing.
Hear him: “Any first term governor would want to go for second term. Whatever you wish yourself, you should be honest enough to wish another person the same.
“Since Mr. President is on his first term and I am on my first term, it is my wish to re-contest and I will as well wish the President the same thing: to re-contest.”
On the planned visit of Mr. President next week, Umahi said the government was fully prepared to receive the him.
“We are fully prepared for the visit. We pleaded with Mr. President for the visit and before then, we have been preparing, we are fully prepared,” he said.
Buhari will inaugurate a number of projects during the visit, Umahi hinted.