Ebonyi monarchs make u-turn on Buhari, vow to give 90% of votes to Atiku -

The Ebonyi State Council of Traditional Rulers, led by Eze Charles Mpkuma, had ‘adopted’ the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Abubakar Atiku.

The monarchs, who recently endorsed the re-election bid of President Muhammadu Buhari, promised Atiku 90 per cent of their people’s votes in the February 16 presidential poll.

Addressing Atiku’s entourage, the Chairman of the Council of Traditional Rulers, Mkpuma, pointed out that although the monarchs had assured President Buhari that he would get some votes in Ebonyi, the PDP enjoys their manimum support.

“We humbly attribute the success achieved so far by our dear governor to your great party, the PDP. Accordingly, we wish to state unequivocally that our state, Ebonyi, is a PDP state and we shall overwhelmingly vote for all PDP candidates. Indeed, not less than 90 per cent of our votes, notwithstanding the fact that we had assured His Excellency, the President that he would get some votes in Ebonyi,” the monarch said.