Umahi said this on the Ecumenical Centre, Abakaliki, on Thursday, throughout a reception organised for him after declaring his presidential bid, in Abuja.
David Umahi, the Ebonyi State Governor, has stated the state won't ever be a part of Biafra.
That is because the governor harassed that the state was higher in a good and equitable Nigeria, reiterating that "if anybody tells you about Biafra, Ebonyi State will never be part of Biafra".
Umahi said this on the Ecumenical Centre, Abakaliki, on Thursday, throughout a reception organised for him after declaring his presidential bid, in Abuja.
In response to the governor, "Let no person be afraid of the Presidency of an Igbo man. The Igbo man is a builder and never a destroyer. There isn't any Igbo man that would be the President of this nation and want to divide or destroy it as a result of we have now investments all over the place.
"We now have so oppressed and now we're discovering our toes and also you need us to return. We is not going to. We is not going to. "We're higher in a good and equitable Nigeria. And we're not going wherever.
"We aren't going wherever. We gained't. We are going to proceed to enchantment and dialogue to be handled pretty and equitably like different areas of Nigeria.
"Some enemies of the South-East say if we become President we will divide the country. How will we divide the country? We have investments everywhere."