A female contractor Tracynither Nicolas Ohiri has alleged that former Ebonyi State governor and now Nigeria’s Minister of Works David Umahi refused to pay her N200m for the goods she supplied.
Mrs. Ohiri claimed that before becoming governor of Ebonyi State from 2015 to 2023, she had supplied him the goods, but he refused to pay up until she hopped into bed with him.
“When I supplied him with the goods, he told me that he did not have money, but that I should not worry. As soon as he finished contesting for the governorship election and won, he would repay me,” Ohiri said.
“When he won the election and became governor, I started asking him for my money, and he began asking me out.
“I gave him about a year and eight months before I started asking for my money. So, anytime I asked him for payment, he would say, ‘No problem, I’m going to pay you.’ But then he would bring up the topic he had been discussing with me.
“When he mentioned it to me twice, he took offence and said, ‘Do you know that since I was born, no woman has said no to me?’ I said I don’t know about that, but I cannot have anything to do with you, sir. I want it to be purely business. The next thing he did was block me.”
Ohiri said that after years of trying to get her money, she has resorted to public protests and social media campaigns to demand payment.
Ohiri, a mother, lamented how Umahi’s alleged refusal to pay her has left her struggling financially while his son enjoys a luxurious lifestyle.
“Give me my money. I am a mother with children. I see your son flying private jets. The money your son is using to fly private jets is enough for you to pay me. You withheld my capital. I am a nursing mother; I need my payment. I have waited enough for nine years.”
