President Bola Tinubu has threatened to sack the Minister of the FCT, Nyesom Wike, if the results of the upcoming FCT elections goes ‘too much in his favour’ and that of his party, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
Tinubu spoke during a dinner held on Saturday evening to celebrate Eid-Al-Fitri.
President Tinubu disclosed that Wike made a request for some exceptions that would allow him to perform his duties better.
According to the President, Wike asked that the FCT be removed from the Treasury Single Account (TSA).
Tinubu, however, disclosed that he told Wike that if the outcome of the request works more in favour of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) than the All Progressives Congress (APC) and threatens his chances of winning elections, then Wike should be ready to lose his job.
Tinubu said, “He (Wike) came up with a lot of good ideas. I remember the day Nyesom Wike came to me and said please take us out of this problem of TSA so I can do more work and achieve more and I said show me what you are about to do and he presented himself. And I throw in my own political jibe by saying, would that give me any opportunity for my party to win election in FCT? I say I know where you are coming from, your own party or my party but if this thing goes too much in your own favour, you will lose your job.
“He said we will settle that oga.”
Wike is a member of the PDP but worked openly against his party’s candidate in the 2023 presidential election.
He was subsequently appointed as the FCT Minister by President Tinubu who contested on the platform of the APC.
