The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Ezenwo Nyesom Wike, has thrown jabs at former presidential candidate Peter Obi, insisting that he can no longer become Nigeria‘s president.
Wike made this known in a statement shared on Sunday, as seen in a post by a user, @ChuksEricE, on the social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter.
He was addressing the opposition’s move to form a coalition aimed at taking over power from the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2027 general election.
While reacting to the proposed coalition, Wike first blasted former Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, stating that he had no moral ground to criticize the state of the country.
According to him, Aregbesola failed to fix key sectors while in office.
“These are the same people that want to rescue Nigeria. You were the minister of interior but under you, the international passport—people would spend weeks, months, even years before they could get one,” he said.
Shifting his focus to Peter Obi, Wike dismissed his chances of ever becoming president, citing his record as a former governor.
“For eight years, he was governor, and he didn’t conduct a single local government election. Never. Only you, governor of all the local governments,” Wike said.
He further criticized Obi’s constant movement across political parties, saying:
“In 1999, you were in the party. In 2006, you were in another party. In 2014, you moved to another party. In 2019, you came back to another one. In 2025, you’re moving again—to rescue who?”
“Let’s tell ourselves the truth. Some of you are fighting for somebody you don’t even know,” he added.
The video, which has since gone viral, sparked a wave of reactions online as Nigerians flooded the comment section to share their views.
See some reactions below:
@de_godfella: “Nah,for church ? Is he a spokesman or a Minister for Chris sake.”
@Noble_man002: “From where to where?? Wetin concern politics matters for House of God?”
@AdaIgbo00: “Wike, rest. You were never the standard, just noise on repeat.”
@Statesman1010: “Anglican Church is a very useless denomination for always giving Wike thier Altar to talk politics.”
@Eusebuiskay: “This is why the ADC just have to get it right and give Peter Obi the ticket. They know it will be game over once he gets the ticket.”
@chisomincrease: “Pastors letting men like this to mount their pulpit and spill gibberish are a shame to priesthood. He came for Thanksgiving, thank God and leave.”
@Itswell2023: “Which pastor would allow this man at his altar to be speaking rubbish? This cannot be the altar of God. Shame on the pastor. God abeg oh.”
@amih_philip: “I blame the priest for allowing this criminal talk politics at the pulpit .And congregation still sitting listening to this CRIMINAL..wike how did you became so wealthy?”
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