Wike to FCT senator: I’ll unseat you in 2027

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has threatened to unseat an unidentified lawmaker for criticising his successes as the FCT Minister.

Wike made the threat during the inauguration of the construction of Mabushi Bus Terminal, Phase I, in Abuja on Monday, July 1, 2024.

The former Rivers State Governor said overheard somebody, a lawmaker in the National Assembly on Arise TV in the morning, castigating the successes being recorded in Abuja.

The minister said the lawmaker particularly criticised the rot in schools and the absence of quality hospitals in the nation’s capital.

Wike stated: “You, as a legislator, what have you done? How many bills have you sponsored for us to improve our education and health sector?

“I challenge that legislator. If you are very popular, in 2027 come and run under Abuja, we will fail you.

“Do you think that what happened last time will happen again? It will not happen again.

“Luckily for me, I am the FCT Minister now. So that is my territory and I’m not afraid.

“With all due respect, what you don’t know, you don’t know; what you know, you know.

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“The good thing for you is to tell people you don’t know when you don’t know, then people will educate you.

“The Honourable Minister of State, Dr Mariya Mahmoud, and my humble self have not been in office for more than 11 months and the person is angry that people are praising us.

“If you don’t want or you are angry about that go and hang yourself on a transformer.

“If we have done well, we have done well. If we haven’t done well, we haven’t done well. I’m proud to say that in the short time that President Tinubu has appointed us, we have done well.”

The minister added that if the unidentified lawmaker was angry with the praises they were receiving for doing a good job, “by next year, your blood pressure level will go very high”

“This is because the praises you would see would be too much,” Wike said.

Labour Party (LP) Senator Ireti Kingibe, who appeared on Arise TV on Monday morning, complained that she was being sidelined in the running of the FCT.

Kingibe, who represents FCT in the Senate, claimed that her constituency was being marginalised, adding that there was no clean water for the residents of Abuja.

She said roads being constructed across Abuja were not addressing the needs of the majority of the people, including healthcare, water, education, and security.

The Star