The Honourable Minister of Works, His Excellency, Senator Engr. David Umahi, CON, on Saturday, during an inspection tour of major infrastructure projects in the South East, addressed allegations circulating on social media by one TracyNither Ohiri.
Rejecting the claims, the Minister in a statement released by his aide, pointed to his long record in public service and leadership.
According to him, “I want to thank a lot of you who know me very well. As party chairman, I owe nobody and of course I presided over both men and women, and nobody ever said I harassed him/her or I owe him/her.”
Reflecting on his years in executive office, he added: “I was deputy governor, governor for eight years, and I did fantastic in infrastructure. So nobody could come and say he’s been owed unless the person is being a mischievous.”
Addressing the online spread of the claims, the Minister showed neither anger nor defensiveness, describing such moments as familiar territory in public office.
He said, “So what you read in social media, I’m not worried about it, It makes me stronger, and I’ve fought many battles, so this is nothing.”
In a lighter moment that drew laughter from those present, Umahi used humour to underline what he described as the implausibility of the allegations.
“There’s nothing wrong to say, oh, you, are chasing a woman but not anyhow person that will accuse this handsome man of chasing her for twelve years. That person must be the Queen of England. So, it’s just to make social media to be alive.”
Beneath the humour, however, the message was clear: distractions will not divert his attention from national responsibility.
“But I think we can turn in our attention to the war in Iran now and then allow David Umahi to focus on his job.”
