Nyesom Wike, minister of the federal capital territory (FCT), says coalition leaders are only interested in “rescuing their stomach” and not Nigerians.
Wike spoke in Abuja on Sunday at St. James Anglican Church
in Asokoro during the thanksgiving service held for the “successful completion
of inaugurated projects” in the FCT.
The minister urged the congregants to be careful of
“propaganda and blackmail” from politicians and appealed for patience and
continued prayers for the Bola Tinubu-led administration.
He said many of the coalition leaders failed to deliver
meaningful results to the country when they had the opportunity to serve,
noting that their recent move shows that they cannot stay out of power for a
very long time.
“In 1999, you were at this party. In 2006, you were in
another party. In 2014, you moved to another party. In 2019, you came back to
another party. Now, in 2025, you have moved to another party,” Wike said.
“To rescue who? You want to rescue your stomach. It’s not
Nigerians you want to rescue.
“Some of you have sympathy for somebody you don’t know. You
say Peter Obi will be president. President where?
“For eight years, he was governor; he never conducted local
government elections. That is what you describe as democracy. Only you were the
governor and chairman of the local governments.
“I was a senate president for eight years, for example, and
I cannot provide a road to my local government, Otukpo, and I will fly a
helicopter to Otukpo—eight years! It is now, and you say you want to rescue
Nigeria. Which Nigeria do you want to rescue?
“Somebody was speaker for eight years, governor, eight
years, minister, eight years; he didn’t know that Nigerians were angry. It’s
just these two years he left office; you’re telling Nigerians that Nigerians
are angry.”
Last Wednesday, opposition politicians adopted the African
Democratic Congress (ADC) as their platform to challenge President Tinubu in
2027.
Several politicians cutting across party lines are members
of the coalition.
They include former Senate President David Mark, Rauf
Aregbesola, ex-minister of interior, former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, and
Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in 2023.
Others are Aminu Tambuwal, former governor of Sokoto; Rotimi
Amaechi, former minister of transportation; Solomon Dalung, former minister of
sports; and Odigie Oyegun, former national chairman of the All Progressives
Congress (APC).
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