“I contested for the Senate, which I won, but was denied. I went to the court to challenge it… For me, it was a tortuous journey to the Senate.”
Fred Itua, Abuja
Senator Victor Umeh is representing Anambra Central Senatorial District in the Eight National Assembly and the vice chairman, Senate Committee on Labour and Productivity. He is also the former chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA).
In this interview with Sunday Sun, the lawmaker, who has spent only 10 months in the Senate, spoke on a number of issues. He spoke on ongoing agitation in the Southeast, the alleged marginalisation of the Igbo and why President Muhammadu Buhari should sign the new Electoral Amendment Bill into law.
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You have spent over 10 months in the Senate having been out of the chamber because of some legal…
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