By Nkechinyere Ewa
The Minister of Works, Senator David Umahi, has expressed confidence that President Bola Tinubu and Ebonyi State Governor Francis Nwifuru will secure overwhelming victories in the 2027 general election.
Umahi, who is also the Deputy Director-General of Infrastructure, Mobilisation and Sensitisation of the Tinubu/APC 2027 Presidential Campaign Council, spoke on Sunday in Abakaliki during the South-East sensitisation campaign covering Ebonyi North and Central senatorial zones.
He described Ebonyi as a stronghold of the All Progressives Congress (APC), insisting that the party was well-positioned to win the presidential, governorship and other elective positions in the state.
According to him, the party would adopt a more strategic and grassroots-oriented campaign approach to secure support from voters across the state.
“President Bola Tinubu is going to win a second tenure. Governor Francis Nwifuru is going to win a second tenure,” he declared.
“The style of our campaign this time is going to be very dynamic. We will knock on the doors of our fathers and mothers at 6 a.m. and deliver our campaign messages to them.”
The former Ebonyi governor said the APC had the financial and human resources required to prosecute a successful campaign, adding that wealthy indigenes, youths, women and elders would contribute to the party’s electoral efforts.
“Ebonyi is completely APC. Governor Nwifuru has friends and Ebonyi people who are very rich. We have a lot of Ebonyi youths, elders and women who will bring money to support the APC government. There is nothing to fear about,” he said.
Umahi said the party was targeting victory in 95 per cent of polling units in the state, rather than settling for an 80 per cent winning margin.
“We are not looking for 80 per cent win; we are looking to win 95 per cent of our polling units, and we will go for it. We will campaign for it and educate our people for it,” he added.
He also dismissed claims by unnamed political opponents that they could defeat the APC in Ebonyi in 2027, describing such expectations as unrealistic.
The minister attributed the party’s anticipated electoral success to the infrastructure projects being executed by the Tinubu administration, particularly road and bridge projects linking Ebonyi with other states.
He cited projects extending from Ndibe Beach through Onueke and other locations towards Benue State, as well as the Oweto Bridge project in Nasarawa State, saying they would improve connectivity and reduce travel time between Ebonyi and Abuja.
“What this means is that anywhere you are in Ebonyi State, from Afikpo and other parts of the South-East, you can get to Abuja within three hours. There is nothing greater than that,” Umahi said.
He added that efforts were ongoing to complete the Oferekpe Road and its bridge to improve connectivity with other communities in the South-East.
Umahi further urged the people of Ebonyi to support Tinubu, Nwifuru and other APC candidates, arguing that the state was benefiting from the Federal Government’s development initiatives.
In his remarks, a traditional ruler, Sunday Oketa, assured the APC that Ebonyi would deliver its candidates in the 2027 general election.