Sowore Reacts To Tracy Ohiri’s Apology To Umahi

<h4>Sowore Reacts To Tracy Ohiri’s Apology To Umahi<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> reports that activist Omoyele Sowore has reacted to the public apology tendered by Tracy Nicola Ohiri to the Minister of Works&comma; Engineer Dave Umahi&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Trouble started when in early 2026&comma; Tracy Nither Nicolas Ohiri&comma; a businesswoman&comma; leveled serious allegations against Nigeria&&num;8217&semi;s Minister of Works&comma; David Umahi&comma; which included claims of a significant unpaid debt&comma; sexual harassment&comma; and intimidation&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>However&comma; the latest developments indicate that Tracy has apologized to the minister&comma; leading to a resolution of the controversy&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>The Allegations<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Tracy Ohiri alleged that Minister Umahi owed her a sum ranging between ₦250 million and ₦304 million for promotional materials supplied for campaigns over a 12-year period&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>She further claimed that the minister subjected her to sexual harassment and&comma; upon her refusal of his advances&comma; withheld payment and used the police for intimidation and to facilitate her arrest&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Umahi&&num;8217&semi;s Response<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;thenationonlineng&period;net&sol;">David Umahi<&sol;a> categorically denied all allegations&comma; dismissing them as politically motivated and baseless fabrications designed to tarnish his reputation&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He denied knowing her in any contractual capacity&comma; denied owing her money&comma; and stated that the police involvement was based on a formal legal petition regarding cyberbullying&comma; not his personal instruction&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Public and Legal Action<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The case drew public attention&comma; particularly when activist Omoyele Sowore confronted Umahi at a police facility in Abuja&comma; alleging the misuse of state machinery against a private citizen&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Tracy was reportedly detained in Abuja&comma; with her supporters alleging she was under duress&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Sowore and other activists rallied round her to ensure that she was not suffocated under what they described as <em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;<strong>Government power&comma;<&sol;strong>”<&sol;em> a development that led to her bail and freedom even when the case remains pending in court for adjudication&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>However and in a video that has surfaced online&comma; Ohiri tendered an apology to the minister&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I apologize to Minister Umahi for the embarrassment this allegation may have caused him and his family&comma;”<&sol;strong><&sol;em> Tracy Ohiri said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Reacting&comma; Sowore&comma; in a statement titled <strong>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Per TracyNither Nicolas Ohiri so-called &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Apology” Video To Works Minister&comma; David Umahi&comma;”<&sol;strong> said&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>We didn’t fight for her &lpar;Mrs&period; Ohiri&rpar; because we believed she was strong&semi; we fought for her because we knew she was vulnerable and lacked the privilege needed to withstand her adversary&comma; a powerful Nigerian minister&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>Perhaps Engineer David Umahi should explain where the ₦100 million reportedly set aside to settle the matter came from&comma; along with the video he strongly demanded be made to exonerate him from the most serious allegations and the agreement to withdraw the criminal charges&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>Our duty is fulfilled the moment we stand up for the weak against the powerful&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;