The Nation Newspaper Lagos-Calabar Coastal Project: Obi inciting southeast people against govt, says Umahi
, has alleged that former presidential candidate of the Labour Party , Peter Obi, is inciting people of the southeast, especially those who are not well informed, against the government.
Umahi, reacting to the statement on Wednesday, May 1, at an event organized by the Federal Ministry of Work to compensate property owners affected by the Lagos- Calabar coastal road prospect, claimed that Obi would not fight for the people even after getting them into trouble. However, Umahi insisted there was no inhumanity meted to Landmark and that the matter should be buried because he was actively involved.He said: “It brings to some of the comments made by my brother, his Excellency Mr Peter Obi, I am not supposed to comment about it because some people have already done the work. And I know what Arise Television brought courtesy of Channels Television, they were bringing similar scenarios when His Excellency Peter Obi was the governor.
“When you condemn people, you bring judgment upon yourself. And that is what he has done. And I think he’s inciting some of the southeast people that are not well informed. He is inciting them. And gets them into trouble. And he doesn’t go to fight for them. Wisdom is a defence. And I want our people to have wisdom because I am involved.
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