Buy a presidential form to prove your worth as the Lion of the South East- Rufai Oseni tells Dave Umahi

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By Linda Ikeji 3 November 2026, 2:22 pm 1 comment

Media personality Rufai Oseni has challenged the Minister of Works, Dave Umahi, to prove his worth as the ‘’Lion of the South East'' by buying a presidential form to test how much votes he would be able to gathered from the region in an election.

Rufai threw the challenge to Umahi this morning while recating to a comment he, Umahi, made on Sunday, November 1, in Ebonyi. Umahi in his speech at a political gathering, dismissed Obi's presidential aspiration and asked how important Obi is in the South East. As a way of asserting his prominece in the South East region, Umahi went on to declare himself as the ‘’Lion of the South East'.

Reacting to his comment, Rufai said Umahi can call himself the “Lion of the Southeast,” but that title is nothing more than empty poetry.

He stated that to prove his worth, Umahi must first purchase a presidential nomination form and secure at least 6 million votes, just as Peter Obi did in the last election, before returning to compare himself with the former Labour Party presidential candidate.