The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, on Sunday accused opposition coalition of being after themselves and not Nigerians.
Wike, who made the remarks during a thanksgiving service at the St. James Anglican Church in Asokoro, slammed former Governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, for not conducting a local government election during his governorship tenure.
The minister discredited members of the coalition, saying they have been moving from one party to another in order to remein in power.
In his words, “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.
“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 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 took a swipe at former Senate President David Mark, accusing him of taking a helicopter to his local government area due to bad roads.
“I was a senate president for eight years, for example, and I cannot provide a road to my local government, Otukpo,” he said.
“I will fly a helicopter to Otukpo – eight years! It is now, and you say you want to rescue Nigeria. Which Nigeria do you want to rescue?
On the comment of former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, that Nigerians are hungry, he said, “Somebody was speaker for eight years, governor, 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.”
