The Minister of Works, David Umahi, has dismissed the claims by the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, that his life is under threat.
He urged Obi to stop his verbal attacks on President Bola Tinubu.
Umahi reportedly made the remarks during an inspection of some legacy projects of President Tinubu in Ebonyi State on Friday.
Umahi threatened to also attack Obi, saying, “If Peter Obi attacks Tinubu, I will attack him.”
Umahi said the statement by the former governor of Anambra State was a sign of frustration, adding that the apparent development and inclusion of the South East zone by President Tinubu had become a major threat to Obi’s acclaimed popularity in the region.
‘It’s not just reasonable, nobody wants Obi dead. We all want him to live through this election and lose again. What he is afraid of is because he said South East is his catchment area because of the last election which I call accident of history but we have come with visible development in the zone and our people have now agreed with us that we are better off with President Tinubu to complete the good works he is doing for us than playing Artificial Intelligence (AI) kind of politics.”
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The minister equally reiterated his preparedness to debate with Obi on the many gains of the present administration and reasons why the South East should be grateful for inclusion in national politics.
Some people asked me why I’m attacking my brother Obi, I’m not attacking him; I’m just saying the truth but he should stop attacking President Tinubu and should support and commend his infrastructure development ongoing in South East and beyond.
“President Tinubu will be here till 2031 and finish the good jobs he is doing across the six geo-political zones in the country. Nobody has remembered the South East in terms of infrastructure, but Tinubu has done that and we have to reciprocate that by voting massively for him in the South East. “I will not regret what I’m saying today because I’m on the path of the truth,” Umahi said.