FCT Minister Nyesom Wike has issued a challenge to Senator Ireti Kingibe, who represents the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in the Senate.
Wike has called on Kingibe to campaign against his service in President Bola Tinubu's cabinet in the satellite towns of Abuja if she believes in her political credentials.
Senator Kingibe had previously stated on a television program that President Tinubu's decision to appoint Wike as the Minister of FCT was a significant mistake.
Wike's spokesperson, Lere Olayinka, responded to Kingibe's comments, suggesting that she is "blinded by the spirit of her impending electoral woe" and unable to see the positive transformation taking place in Abuja and its satellite towns under Wike's leadership.
Wike has challenged Kingibe to take her criticisms to the people of the FCT's satellite towns, implying that the residents are witnesses to the progress and development brought about by his ministerial efforts.
However, Olayinka said “it is funny that someone who is impersonating by using the name of Ambassador Baba Gana Kingibe, who is no longer her husband, believes that jumping from one television station to the other to disparage the FCT Minister will revive her dead political career.”
He therefore “challenged Ireti to go to communities like Saburi, Dei Dei, Kabusa, Ketti, Yangoji, Pai, Gomani, Gishiri, Kwaita, Yebu, Yangoji, Sukuku, Ebo, Ushafa and others that now have good roads, to mount the rostrum and tell the people that President Tinubu made a mistake by appointing Wike as FCT Minister”.
“Most importantly, she can also visit traders in the Apo Mechanic Village, whose dream of being relocated to a permanent site is being fulfilled more than 15 years after, as well as those residing along Apo-Wasa road, and tell them it was a mistake that Wike was appointment as FCT Minister.
“In Abaji, Federal Capital Territory University, Abaji (FCTU), a university established close to 15 years ago, but was abandoned, is now witnessing a massive infrastructural development.
“Also, general renovation of 22 schools have been done in the last 12 months while renovation of more than 40 others is ongoing.
“As expected of someone already blinded by the spirit of a coming defeat, Ireti, alias Kingibe won’t see all these. Reason is, she knows that in 2027, she won’t be able to retain the Senate seat she accidentally got in 2023. She knows that the factor that got her to the Senate is no longer available and she is desperate to use attacks on Wike to gain political leverage.
“Unfortunately, Wike is not in the comity of frustrated politicians like Ireti ‘Kingibe’ who is treating her aides like slaves, refusing to pay their wages and entitlements for months,” Olayinka said.
While counseling Ireti to get real, Olayinka said, “at 71, a woman should have a clear identity, use her legitimate names, and stop using the name of a man she is no longer married to.”
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