The Minister of Works, David Umahi has dismissed the death threat statement credited to the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, describing the statement as a sign of frustration.
Umahi while inspecting some federal projects in Ebonyi State on Friday, said there is nobody that wants Obi dead amid the controversies surrounding the statement.
The minister attributed the statement by the former governor of Anambra State, as sign of frustration, adding that the visible development and inclusion of the South East zone by President Bola Tinubu has become a major threat to Obi’s aclaimed popularity in the region.
He said: “Nobody wants Obi dead, it’s not just reasonable. We all want him alive to contest this election and watch himself lose again.
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“What he is afraid of is because he said the 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 of with President Tinubu to complete the good works he is doing for us than playing Artificial intelligence (Ai) kind of politics.”
The minister also reiterated his readiness to debate with Obi on the many gains of the present administration and why the South East should be grateful for inclusion in national politics.
