Minister Umahi’s Son For Ebonyi LG Chairmanship, Picks Form

By Charles Igbo

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Osborne Umahi, a son of the Minister of Works, Engr. Dave Umahi, is set to be the Chairman of Ohaozara Local Government Area, Ebonyi State.

To make good his aspiration, he, on Friday, January 16, 2026, went to Abakiliki,  the Headquarters of the All Progressives Congress in the State, and picked the contest form at a cost of N30 million.

Umahi junior did not go alone. He was accompanied by a sizeable number of supporters and well-wishers. Given the status of his father, it is a done deal. One can take it to the bank that he is already the Chairman of Ohaozara Local Government Area. The election, they say, will be a no-contest.

For the records, Umahi junior was one of the aspirants recently endorsed by the Governor of Ebonyi State, Francis Nwifuru, for the office of an LGA Chairman.

Osborne’s endorsement by the Governor did not come as a surprise. The Governor is a political godson of the Minister of Works, who literally, single-handedly, picked him as his successor. Umahi is the immediate past Governor of the State. And, unlike the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, who is at daggers drawn with his political godson and successor, Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State, Umahi enjoys a very robust relationship with Nwifuru.

Ebonyi State’s Commissioner for Housing and Urban Development, Francis Ori, who was present when at the Party Secretariat when Osborn picked the form endorsed him and said he would be a good representative of the people.

“He is a chip of the old block and will replicate his father’s wonders in Ebonyi as a former Governor and as Minister in Nigeria.

“The people are solidly behind him and would further demonstrate such support at the polls”, the Commissioner declared.

Often referred to as Ebonyi’s youngest billionaire, Osborne is a businessman, investor and philanthropist.  He holds a Master’s degree  in Financial and Investment  Management from the University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom.

He was born on March 14, 1998, and so is 27 years old.