The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has boldly challenged any governor or leader of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to publicly label him a mole.
During his appearance on Channels Television’s “Politics Today,” Wike invited anyone to step forward and accuse him of being a mole.
The FCT minister said, “Before I accepted my appointment as Minister, I wrote a letter to the PDP in my state, I wrote a letter to the PDP in my Zone, I wrote a letter to the PDP national, who in PDP is saying I’m a mole, name names.
The problem we have in this country is that some people think they’re smart. What I want to do I will do, what I don’t want to do I will not do.
I dare anybody in PDP, I dare any governor, I dare any National Working Committee member to come on national television to say I’m a mole.
In 2023, did I not say I won’t support the PDP (Presidential) candidate because it is against equity, it is against fairness? Did I do it at the back?
“Did the PDP not win the governorship? Did the PDP not win the National Assembly? Did the PDP not win the State Assembly? I challenge any of them in any of these (PDP) states who won 100 per cent as we have. How did we do it? Leadership!”
He characterized himself as a man of his word and disclosed that Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki had approached him to seek support for his preferred successor, Dr. Asue Ighodalo. However, he candidly told Obaseki that he would not offer his support, citing that his previous backing for Obaseki had only resulted in relentless insults.
Acknowledging that the Edo State Resident Electoral Commissioner is his first cousin, Wike asserted, “just like him, “nobody can intimidate my cousin, not even the INEC Chairman. Nobody born of a woman can intimidate my cousin into doing what is not right
He pointed out that the Edo Resident Electoral Commissioner had been assigned to the state for over a year, questioning why those who claim to be part of the PDP at all levels are bringing up the issue now.
The former Governor of Rivers State also stated that Governor Similaye Fubara’s decision to dismantle the political family that helped him rise to power was a transgression he was not prepared to forgive.
