The Minister Federal Capital Territory Nyesom Wike has taken a swipe at leaders of the opposition coalition, saying that they were not interested in rescuing Nigerians as they claimed, but rather their “stomach”.
Wike, stated this at St. James Anglican Church, Asokoro, Abuja during a Thanksgiving Service for the completion of projects by the FCT administration on Sunday July 6, saying Nigerians were angry with those who failed to perform while in office .
He urged the congregants to be careful of “propaganda and blackmail” from politicians and appealed for patience and continued prayers for President Bola Ahmed 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 long period.
“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”, the FCT Minister 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 a governor, he never conducted local government elections. That’s what you described as democracy. Only you were the governor and and chairman of 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 helicopter to Otukpo – eight years! It’s now you say you want to rescue Nigeria. Which Nigeria do you want to to rescue?
“Somebody was a speaker for eight years, governor for 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”, he said.
Wednesday July 2, 2025, 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 Vice-President, Atiku Abubakar, former Senate President, David Mark, ex- Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola,, Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in 2023, Aminu Tambuwal, former Governor of Sokoto State.
Others are; Rotimi Amaechi, former Minister of Transportation, Solomon Dalung, former Minister of Youth Sports Development, and Odigie Oyegun, former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress.
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