Umahi Says Obi Is "Not a Threat" to Tinubu, Then Spends a Whole TV Interview Explaining Why

Gist time. Works Minister Dave Umahi went on Channels TV and declared that Peter Obi is not a threat to President Tinubu or the APC in 2027. "No, he's not," he said, with the confidence of a man who clearly has a lot to say about someone who isn't a threat.

Because here's the thing: when somebody is truly not a threat, you don't discuss him on live television. Nobody does a ten-minute segment on "Why the Neighbour's Dog Is Not a Danger." You just walk past the compound.

Umahi's main argument is that Obi isn't the only Southeast candidate. According to him, there are about three or four others in the race, including a woman. The idea is that votes from the region will be shared like small chops at an owambe: everyone grabs a bit, nobody leaves full, and the APC walks away with the plate.

Then he went further and predicted the APC could win all five Southeast states. His exact words were, "my faith is telling me we'll win the five states." Sir, when your political forecast depends on faith, we know the data is in another room.

Now remember what happened last time: Obi, then on the Labour Party ticket, won all five Southeast states in 2023. So the minister is asking us to believe a region will flip from five out of five to the exact opposite. Bold. Very bold.

His reasoning is that the Southeast was marginalised before, and now it has ministers, including Foreign Affairs and Science and Industry. Two ministerial seats, five states. That's WAEC maths, where you attempt the question, show no workings and hope for a credit.

To be fair, Umahi was polite. He called Obi his "brother" and "friend" and said he wasn't underestimating him. In Nigerian political language, that's three compliments before the knife.

So, is Obi a threat? Umahi says no. The voters will say yes or no in January, and the portal will say "please wait."

Until then, "not a threat" will keep appearing on every channel. Funny how that works.