The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, on Monday lashed out at FCT senator, Ireti Kingibe, over her comment on the restriction of movement during the just-concluded local council election in the capital city.
Wike said Kingibe does not read if not she would have
understood that his speech said the directive on restrictions was approved by
President Bola Tinubu.
Speaking during his first monthly media parley for 2026 in
Abuja, the Minister insisted that he never declared curfew or public holiday in
the FCT.
He said: “Remember the senator representing the FCT has said
that they will use the local government election to teach me a lesson that FCT
is not Rivers State.
“Therefore, I believe that they ought to have prepared. Let
me answer one question that I declared curfew, I heard when the senator said
so.
“I know she doesn’t read, she reads love magazine and all
those things. If she heard my speech I said by the approval of Mr president,
who had said for people to go back to their area council where they come from
that he has given a work free day, so that you don’t go back late as against
Saturday.
“As a minister who represents Mr President, the security
reports I have, they do not have it.
“I never declared a curfew, public holiday, and I said by
the approval of Mr president movement is restricted from 8pm.
“We have intelligence report and we didn’t want anybody to
say violence in the election and this is not the first time.”
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