Ebonyi State Governor, Dave Umahi has expressed his support for President Muhammadu Buhari’s fight against corruption.
Umahi, speaking to State House correspondents after a closed-door meeting he had with Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, said government cannot make any tangible progress while corruption persisted.
The governor also denied reports that he was planning to defect to the All Progressives Congress, APC.
Umahi said, “That (that I may be planning to dump PDP) is not correct. We have to understand what opposition is.
“When the President comes out to fight corruption, why should we oppose that? It is a very good job and that is what the nation needs.
“Without fighting corruption, there is no way this country can grow. So, we support the President because it is a very good policy.
“I support him personally because I am doing the same thing in Ebonyi State. I share the same character with him fighting corruption, and that does not amount to cross carpeting. I am still very happy being in PDP.”
Umahi disclosed that his visit to Buhari was to discuss the bad conditions of some Federal Government roads in his state.
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