The Minister of Works, David Umahi, has debunked claims by the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, that his life is under threat.

He challenged Obi to desist from his verbal attacks on President Bola Tinubu.

Umahi was said to have 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 from the former governor of Anambra State is a sign of frustration and that the perceived development and inclusion of the South East zone by President Tinubu has become a huge threat to Obi’s acclaimed popularity in the zone.

‘It’s not just reasonable, no one 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 also reiterated his readiness to debate Obi on the numerous gains of the present administration and 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. No one has remembered the South East in terms of infrastructure, but Tinubu has done that and we must 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.