Wike Denies Rift With Tinubu, Says Absence From Council Of State Meeting Due To Other Engagements

Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has publically addressed his lack from the caller Council of State meeting, attributing it to pre-scheduled authoritative duties adjacent arsenic helium dismissed media reports of a rift with President Bola Tinubu arsenic ‘unnecessary propaganda and blackmail’.

The minister’s mentation came connected Tuesday during the commissioning of Access Roads successful Sector Centre B of the Daki Biyu District, Abuja, days aft the high-profile gathering wherever the information of Prof. Joash Amupitan was approved arsenic president of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

Wike clarified that his non-attendance was a substance of protocol, not protest. “Sometime past week, Thursday, we had a flag-off. And I told the curate of State, FCT, to correspond maine astatine the Council of State meeting.

“I had already told Mr President that I would not beryllium disposable due to the fact that of different engagements we had already enactment successful place,” helium said.

The minister’s remark was a nonstop effect to a study by the online quality platform, Sahara Reporters, which claimed that Wike boycotted the gathering owed to deepening rift with the President implicit the information of the adjacent INEC chairman.

The study had alleged that Wike was unhappy that his preferred nominee for the INEC chairmanship, Justice Abdullahi Muhammad Liman, was not accepted by President Tinubu.

Addressing the claims head-on, Wike said, “They said I did not be due to the fact that I was not blessed that my ain nominee was not taken.

“I enactment for Mr. President. Mr. President’s judgement, arsenic acold arsenic I’m concerned, successful this state has ever been however to enactment this state successful the close perspective,” helium said.

Wike urged his squad to stay focused connected delivering projects, asserting that tangible results are the astir effectual rebuttal to critics.

“Be focused. When you commencement delivering, the accomplishment volition soundlessness each critics. Today, they person thing again to say,” helium said.

Shifting from defence to praise, the curate credited the President’s enactment for the spate of task commissions successful the FCT.

“I person ever accidental that erstwhile you person the close leadership, you tin execute the expected results. Mr President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Grand Commander of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, has shown the close leadership. And that is wherefore we are capable to achieve,” Wike stated.