Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) presidential candidate Peter Obi has dismissed Works Minister Dave Umahi’s challenge to a debate, saying the minister must first become a presidential candidate before inviting him to such an engagement.
Obi made the remarks during a recent interview with media entrepreneur Chude Jideonwo.
The former Anambra State governor was responding to a question on whether he would accept Umahi’s challenge after criticising the state of Nigerian roads.
According to Obi, the debate had already been settled because his criticism of a bad road led to repairs.
“First of all, I already started the debate by standing on that road and saying the road was bad. The only reply should have been that the road was good. But I thank him because he is now repairing the road, so the debate is closed. There is nothing else to debate,” Obi said.
He maintained that if Umahi wanted to debate him as a
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