{"id":83965,"date":"2023-03-07T10:23:33","date_gmt":"2023-03-07T09:23:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/peter-obi-igbos-alone-cant-make-themselves-president-umahi"},"modified":"2023-03-07T13:14:33","modified_gmt":"2023-03-07T12:14:33","slug":"peter-obi-igbos-alone-cant-make-themselves-president-umahi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/peter-obi-igbos-alone-cant-make-themselves-president-umahi","title":{"rendered":"Peter Obi: Igbos alone can\u2019t make themselves president \u2013 Umahi"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Governor Dave Umahi of Ebonyi State has said the Igbo alone can\u2019t make themselves president.<\/p>\n

Umahi made the remark while noting that he\u2019s not against the Southeast voting for Peter Obi during the last presidential election.<\/p>\n

He spoke with his supporters at the Ebonyi international airport on Monday, NAN reports.<\/p>\n

The governor said the Southeast must work with other regions to stand a chance of producing Nigeria\u2019s president.<\/p>\n

Umahi said: \u201cThe Southeast must work. It is not right to condemn Obi\u2019s feat as the south east has made a strong statement with it.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne digs with two arrowed woods so that when one fails to stick on the target, the other wood will stick to it.<\/p>\n

\u201cSoludo of Anambra harped on this fact and was crucified but his words have come to pass.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe wise thing for the Igbos to do is to tell themselves the truth that we alone cannot make ourselves president.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have to work with other tribes as the south west did with the north and have succeeded.\u201d<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Nigeria<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. Governor Dave Umahi of Ebonyi State has said the Igbo alone can\u2019t make themselves president. Umahi made the remark while noting that he\u2019s not against the Southeast voting for Peter Obi during the last presidential election. He spoke with his supporters at the Ebonyi international airport on Monday, NAN reports. The governor […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":83963,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[1570,2140,254,222,998],"class_list":["post-83965","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-nigeria-2","tag-nigeria","tag-peter-obi","tag-umahi"],"yoast_head":"\nPeter Obi: Igbos alone can\u2019t make themselves president \u2013 Umahi - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Governor Dave Umahi of Ebonyi State has said the Igbo alone can\u2019t make themselves president. Umahi made the remark whil ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/peter-obi-igbos-alone-cant-make-themselves-president-umahi\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Peter Obi: Igbos alone can\u2019t make themselves president \u2013 Umahi\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Governor Dave Umahi of Ebonyi State has said the Igbo alone can\u2019t make themselves president. Umahi made the remark whil ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/peter-obi-igbos-alone-cant-make-themselves-president-umahi\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-03-07T09:23:33+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-03-07T12:14:33+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2023\/03\/postQueueImg_1678172025.92.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1556\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1167\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/peter-obi-igbos-alone-cant-make-themselves-president-umahi#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/peter-obi-igbos-alone-cant-make-themselves-president-umahi\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Peter Obi: Igbos alone can\u2019t make themselves president \u2013 Umahi\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-03-07T09:23:33+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-03-07T12:14:33+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/peter-obi-igbos-alone-cant-make-themselves-president-umahi\"},\"wordCount\":198,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/peter-obi-igbos-alone-cant-make-themselves-president-umahi#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2023\/03\/postQueueImg_1678172025.92.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Nigeria\",\"Nigeria\",\"Peter Obi\",\"Umahi\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/peter-obi-igbos-alone-cant-make-themselves-president-umahi#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/peter-obi-igbos-alone-cant-make-themselves-president-umahi\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/peter-obi-igbos-alone-cant-make-themselves-president-umahi\",\"name\":\"Peter Obi: Igbos alone can\u2019t make themselves president \u2013 Umahi - Nigeria\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/peter-obi-igbos-alone-cant-make-themselves-president-umahi#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/peter-obi-igbos-alone-cant-make-themselves-president-umahi#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2023\/03\/postQueueImg_1678172025.92.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-03-07T09:23:33+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-03-07T12:14:33+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"Governor Dave Umahi of Ebonyi State has said the Igbo alone can\u2019t make themselves president. Umahi made the remark whil ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/peter-obi-igbos-alone-cant-make-themselves-president-umahi#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/peter-obi-igbos-alone-cant-make-themselves-president-umahi\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/peter-obi-igbos-alone-cant-make-themselves-president-umahi#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2023\/03\/postQueueImg_1678172025.92.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2023\/03\/postQueueImg_1678172025.92.jpg\",\"width\":1556,\"height\":1167,\"caption\":\"Peter Obi: Igbos alone can\u2019t make themselves president \u2013 Umahi\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/peter-obi-igbos-alone-cant-make-themselves-president-umahi#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Peter Obi: Igbos alone can\u2019t make themselves president \u2013 Umahi\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/\",\"name\":\"Africa Press | Nigeria | Homepage\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/author\/cfeditoren\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Peter Obi: Igbos alone can\u2019t make themselves president \u2013 Umahi - Nigeria","description":"Governor Dave Umahi of Ebonyi State has said the Igbo alone can\u2019t make themselves president. Umahi made the remark whil ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/peter-obi-igbos-alone-cant-make-themselves-president-umahi","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Peter Obi: Igbos alone can\u2019t make themselves president \u2013 Umahi","og_description":"Governor Dave Umahi of Ebonyi State has said the Igbo alone can\u2019t make themselves president. Umahi made the remark whil ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/peter-obi-igbos-alone-cant-make-themselves-president-umahi","og_site_name":"Nigeria","article_published_time":"2023-03-07T09:23:33+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-03-07T12:14:33+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1556,"height":1167,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2023\/03\/postQueueImg_1678172025.92.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/peter-obi-igbos-alone-cant-make-themselves-president-umahi#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/peter-obi-igbos-alone-cant-make-themselves-president-umahi"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"Peter Obi: Igbos alone can\u2019t make themselves president \u2013 Umahi","datePublished":"2023-03-07T09:23:33+00:00","dateModified":"2023-03-07T12:14:33+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/peter-obi-igbos-alone-cant-make-themselves-president-umahi"},"wordCount":198,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/peter-obi-igbos-alone-cant-make-themselves-president-umahi#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2023\/03\/postQueueImg_1678172025.92.jpg","keywords":["Africa Press","Africa Press-Nigeria","Nigeria","Peter Obi","Umahi"],"articleSection":["all news","Policy"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/peter-obi-igbos-alone-cant-make-themselves-president-umahi#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/peter-obi-igbos-alone-cant-make-themselves-president-umahi","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/peter-obi-igbos-alone-cant-make-themselves-president-umahi","name":"Peter Obi: Igbos alone can\u2019t make themselves president \u2013 Umahi - Nigeria","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/peter-obi-igbos-alone-cant-make-themselves-president-umahi#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/peter-obi-igbos-alone-cant-make-themselves-president-umahi#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2023\/03\/postQueueImg_1678172025.92.jpg","datePublished":"2023-03-07T09:23:33+00:00","dateModified":"2023-03-07T12:14:33+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"Governor Dave Umahi of Ebonyi State has said the Igbo alone can\u2019t make themselves president. Umahi made the remark whil ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/peter-obi-igbos-alone-cant-make-themselves-president-umahi#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/peter-obi-igbos-alone-cant-make-themselves-president-umahi"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/peter-obi-igbos-alone-cant-make-themselves-president-umahi#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2023\/03\/postQueueImg_1678172025.92.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2023\/03\/postQueueImg_1678172025.92.jpg","width":1556,"height":1167,"caption":"Peter Obi: Igbos alone can\u2019t make themselves president \u2013 Umahi"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/peter-obi-igbos-alone-cant-make-themselves-president-umahi#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Peter Obi: Igbos alone can\u2019t make themselves president \u2013 Umahi"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/","name":"Africa Press | Nigeria | Homepage","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/author\/cfeditoren"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83965","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83965"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83965\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/83963"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}