The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has blasted leaders of the opposition coalition, saying they were not interested in rescuing Nigerians as they claimed, but in their self-interest.
Wike stated this on Sunday at the thanksgiving service for the completion of projects by the FCT administration on Sunday.
He said Nigerians were angry with those who failed to perform while in office.
“How can Nigerians not be angry with you? In 1999, you were at this party. In 2006. In 2014, you moved to another party. In 2019, you came back to another party. Now, in 2025, you have moved to another party? To rescue whom? 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,” he said.
Wike called on Christians to be patient with Tinubu and pray for the administration, rather than bother about people who have lost their chances to put Nigeria right. The opposition coalition, which adopted the African Democratic Congress as its political party, ahead of the 2027 general elections, has a former vice president, Atiku Abubakar, the 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi; a for Osun State governor, Rauf Aregbesola; a former Kaduna governor, Nasir El-Rufai; and a former senate president, David Mark.
