{"id":2957,"date":"2023-01-08T13:39:30","date_gmt":"2023-01-08T13:39:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/01\/08\/governor-umahi-opens-ebonyi-stadium-for-labour-party-to-hold-rally\/"},"modified":"2023-01-08T13:39:30","modified_gmt":"2023-01-08T13:39:30","slug":"governor-umahi-opens-ebonyi-stadium-for-labour-party-to-hold-rally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/01\/08\/governor-umahi-opens-ebonyi-stadium-for-labour-party-to-hold-rally\/","title":{"rendered":"Governor Umahi Opens Ebonyi Stadium For Labour Party To Hold Rally"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi state has warned against preventing other political parties from using government-owned facilities in the ongoing campaign rallies across the country.<\/p>\n<p>Kicking against dirty politics, the All Progressives Congress governor instructed the ministry of youth and sports in Ebonyi state to grant access to the Labour Party (LP) the use of the state stadium for its rally.<\/p>\n<p>Governor Umahi in a statement released by his special assistant on media,Chooks Oko, gave the instruction to the relevant departments of the ministry.<\/p>\n<p>His words:\u201cThe Labour Party has applied that they want to use the stadium on Jan. 11. They must be allowed to use it, but they must comply with the state Executive Order.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo Party should be denied the use of our facilities, but the laws of the State must be obeyed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI continue to say that our first interest is Ebonyi as a State, and our Party is APC. There is nothing like vote here, and vote elsewhere in all the elections.\u201d <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/ec938bfefa9e476794286d9cec2d7efe\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Earlier, the Ebonyi State governor said Peter Obi, Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate for the 2023 election, is widely accepted.<\/p>\n<p>The APC Governor said although his support is for Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, his party\u2019s candidate, \u201conly God knows who will win\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>He said this while fielding questions from State House reporters after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>The governor, who lost the APC presidential ticket in June, said South East would have been forgotten if Obi had decided not to participate in the current electioneering process.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2fe34586c41b45729eb3432fac5d8cb2\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Governor umahi expressed optimism that a candidate from South East would eventually become President of Nigeria during post 2023 elections.<\/p>\n<p>On whether he was dismissing Obi\u2019s movement, the governor said: \u201cPeter Obi\u2019s movement and all the movement are authored on God\u2019s will, it\u2019s only God who knows who knows who will win<\/p>\n<p>When probed further whether Obi had any chance of winning, Umahi said: \u201cEverybody has chances of winning and chances of losing but you must always have a wish. Yes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Content created and supplied by: DrealNews (via  Opera<br \/>News )<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n<span class=\"content\">    ,  .   ,     .       () , , , , , , , , .      \/ ,  and\/or  .     ,  , and\/or  ,      and\/or     <\/span><br \/><span class=\"see-more\"\/>\n<\/p>\n<p>));\/**\/<\/script><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi state has warned against preventing other political parties from using government-owned facilities in the ongoing campaign rallies across the country. Kicking against dirty politics, the All Progressives Congress governor instructed the ministry of youth and sports in Ebonyi state to grant access to the Labour Party (LP) the use of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2958,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2957","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nigeria-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Governor Umahi Opens Ebonyi Stadium For Labour Party To Hold Rally - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\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.ghanamma.com\/2023\/01\/08\/governor-umahi-opens-ebonyi-stadium-for-labour-party-to-hold-rally\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Governor Umahi Opens Ebonyi Stadium For Labour Party To Hold Rally - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi state has warned against preventing other political parties from using government-owned facilities in the ongoing campaign rallies across the country. Kicking against dirty politics, the All Progressives Congress governor instructed the ministry of youth and sports in Ebonyi state to grant access to the Labour Party (LP) the use of [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/01\/08\/governor-umahi-opens-ebonyi-stadium-for-labour-party-to-hold-rally\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-01-08T13:39:30+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Ghana News\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ghana News\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/01\/08\/governor-umahi-opens-ebonyi-stadium-for-labour-party-to-hold-rally\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/01\/08\/governor-umahi-opens-ebonyi-stadium-for-labour-party-to-hold-rally\/\",\"name\":\"Governor Umahi Opens Ebonyi Stadium For Labour Party To Hold Rally - Ghanamma.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/01\/08\/governor-umahi-opens-ebonyi-stadium-for-labour-party-to-hold-rally\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/01\/08\/governor-umahi-opens-ebonyi-stadium-for-labour-party-to-hold-rally\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-01-08T13:39:30+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-01-08T13:39:30+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/#\/schema\/person\/6f91dab2e50bbbfe895c93e7e84e7f74\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/01\/08\/governor-umahi-opens-ebonyi-stadium-for-labour-party-to-hold-rally\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/01\/08\/governor-umahi-opens-ebonyi-stadium-for-labour-party-to-hold-rally\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/01\/08\/governor-umahi-opens-ebonyi-stadium-for-labour-party-to-hold-rally\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"\",\"contentUrl\":\"\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/01\/08\/governor-umahi-opens-ebonyi-stadium-for-labour-party-to-hold-rally\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Governor Umahi Opens Ebonyi Stadium For Labour Party To Hold Rally\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/\",\"name\":\"Ghanamma.com\",\"description\":\"Ghana mma provides breaking news, top stories in Ghana, Africa, business, entertainment, politics and more.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/#\/schema\/person\/6f91dab2e50bbbfe895c93e7e84e7f74\",\"name\":\"Ghana News\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Ghana News\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/author\/ghanamma\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Governor Umahi Opens Ebonyi Stadium For Labour Party To Hold Rally - Ghanamma.com","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.ghanamma.com\/2023\/01\/08\/governor-umahi-opens-ebonyi-stadium-for-labour-party-to-hold-rally\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Governor Umahi Opens Ebonyi Stadium For Labour Party To Hold Rally - Ghanamma.com","og_description":"Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi state has warned against preventing other political parties from using government-owned facilities in the ongoing campaign rallies across the country. Kicking against dirty politics, the All Progressives Congress governor instructed the ministry of youth and sports in Ebonyi state to grant access to the Labour Party (LP) the use of [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/01\/08\/governor-umahi-opens-ebonyi-stadium-for-labour-party-to-hold-rally\/","og_site_name":"Ghanamma.com","article_published_time":"2023-01-08T13:39:30+00:00","author":"Ghana News","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Ghana News","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/01\/08\/governor-umahi-opens-ebonyi-stadium-for-labour-party-to-hold-rally\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/01\/08\/governor-umahi-opens-ebonyi-stadium-for-labour-party-to-hold-rally\/","name":"Governor Umahi Opens Ebonyi Stadium For Labour Party To Hold Rally - Ghanamma.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/01\/08\/governor-umahi-opens-ebonyi-stadium-for-labour-party-to-hold-rally\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/01\/08\/governor-umahi-opens-ebonyi-stadium-for-labour-party-to-hold-rally\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"","datePublished":"2023-01-08T13:39:30+00:00","dateModified":"2023-01-08T13:39:30+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/#\/schema\/person\/6f91dab2e50bbbfe895c93e7e84e7f74"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/01\/08\/governor-umahi-opens-ebonyi-stadium-for-labour-party-to-hold-rally\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/01\/08\/governor-umahi-opens-ebonyi-stadium-for-labour-party-to-hold-rally\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/01\/08\/governor-umahi-opens-ebonyi-stadium-for-labour-party-to-hold-rally\/#primaryimage","url":"","contentUrl":""},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/01\/08\/governor-umahi-opens-ebonyi-stadium-for-labour-party-to-hold-rally\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Governor Umahi Opens Ebonyi Stadium For Labour Party To Hold Rally"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/","name":"Ghanamma.com","description":"Ghana mma provides breaking news, top stories in Ghana, Africa, business, entertainment, politics and more.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/#\/schema\/person\/6f91dab2e50bbbfe895c93e7e84e7f74","name":"Ghana News","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Ghana News"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023"],"url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/author\/ghanamma\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2957","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2957"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2957\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}