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Wike Reveals How PDP, If Well-Put Together, Can Challenge APC In 2027, Not ADC
Wike Reveals How PDP, If Well-Put Together, Can Challenge APC In 2027, Not ADC
Wike reveals how PDP, if well-put together, can challenge APC in 2027, not ADC. Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has launched a scathing attack on members of the newly formed opposition coalition under the African Democratic Congress (ADC), insisting that the group lacks credibility and cohesion to challenge President Bola Tinubu’s administration.
In a media chat with Journalists on Thursday, Wike dismissed the coalition, describing it as a desperate fallback for failed political actors who were denied control of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
“There is no coalition,” Wike declared. “The opposition has decimated themselves. The only party that can, if they put themselves well, challenge this government is the PDP.”
Wike accused former Senate President David Mark of attempting to hijack the PDP leadership before defecting to become the interim chairman of the ADC-led coalition.
“David Mark wanted to be chairman of the party and we said no. When they were saying the chairman should come back to North Central, we said no. We stood our ground,” he said. “Now he has gone to take chairman of coalition. Let me see who Nigerians will listen to.”
The minister also took a swipe at Ovation publisher Dele Momodu, who is part of the coalition, describing him as politically irrelevant.
“Dele Momodu was never my friend. He is somebody who said he ran for presidency—he didn’t get one vote—and that one is in the coalition.”
Wike, known for his blunt political commentary, insisted that many of those now in the ADC coalition had long histories of jumping from party to party in pursuit of power.
He singled out former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, accusing him of repeated defections purely for personal ambition.
“Atiku was in PDP, he left and joined AC, from AC, he came back to PDP, left again and joined the APC, then came back to PDP—and now he has left again and joined the ADC,” Wike said. “Dem born you, born everytime leave, leave. They just want where they will be in charge.”
He also questioned the sincerity of those expressing concern over public discontent.
“They keep saying Nigerians are angry. Say that you have been defeated in this place; don’t push it to Nigerians.”
Wike challenged coalition figures to match his performance in public office, boasting that he had tangible achievements to point to during his ministerial tenure.
“If I leave as a minister today, I can talk authoritatively and say when I was a minister, this was what I did. Let any of them challenge me.”
He further questioned the motives of former Kaduna governor Nasir El-Rufai, hinting that his participation in the coalition was motivated by political rejection.
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“If El-Rufai… if the president did not dump him, would there have been a coalition on his part?”
As the 2027 general elections approach, Wike made it clear that, despite internal challenges, the PDP remains the only structured opposition with a chance of unseating the APC—provided it stays united.
“Politics is interest. There is nothing those people didn’t do to take over the factional chairmanship of PDP and we stood firm and said no,” he concluded.
FCTA Confirms Antivenom Stock, Warns Negligent Hospitals, Gives Emergency Lines
FCTA confirms antivenom stock, warns negligent hospitals, gives emergency lines. The FCTA said all public hFCTA confirms antivenom stock, warns negligent hospitals, gives emergency linesospitals have sufficient antivenom after singer Ifunanya Nwangene’s death at FMC Jabi. Dr. Adedolapo Fasawe warned facilities to follow protocols or face sanctions, stressing that early treatment is critical.
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The territory has added 12 ambulances, improved ICUs, and centralized antivenom storage.
Residents are urged to use emergency lines 090157892931 or 090157892932.
FCT Police Warn NLC Against Planned Abuja Protest, Say Proscribed Groups Plot To Hijack
FCT Police warn NLC against planned Abuja protest, say proscribed groups plot to hijack. The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) police command has warned the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) against its planned protest scheduled for Tuesday in Abuja, the nation’s capital.
The NLC leadership had fixed February 3 for a solidarity rally along with members of the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria and the Joint Union Action Committee (JUAC) at the Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA) secretariat in Garki Area 11.
The NLC declared that the rally is to publicly affirm that “an injury to one is an injury to all”, adding that the Nigerian labour movement will not abandon its members.
On January 24, the labour body declared support for the indefinite strike by workers of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), describing the action as “necessary and heroic” in response to alleged violation of workers’ rights.
In a statement, Joe Ajaero, NLC president, said the labour union stood “in very strong solidarity” with FCTA workers under the aegis of JUAC.
Ajaero described the strike as “a necessary and heroic response to a vicious cocktail of neoliberal attacks, gross administrative impunity, and a systematic violation of the fundamental rights of workers by the FCTA management and its political leadership”.
However, in a statement on Monday, Josephine Adeh, FCT police spokesperson, said the command respects the constitutional right to peaceful assembly, but noted that intelligence reports indicate “plans by proscribed groups and other non-state actors to infiltrate and hijack the protest, posing a risk to public peace and safety”.
Adeh said in the interest of public safety, the organisers should consider rescheduling the protest to prevent any breakdown of law and order and to protect lives, property, and the rights of other residents.
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“The Command remains committed to safeguarding all lawful activities and urges residents to continue cooperating with security agencies to keep the FCT peaceful and secure,” the statement reads.
Meanwhile, the national industrial court has reportedly issued an interim order restraining the NLC, TUC and JUAC from embarking on the planned protest.
The court had earlier ordered workers on the payroll of the FCT administration to suspend the strike.
Emmanuel Subilim, the presiding judge, held that although the matter before the court amounted to a trade dispute, the defendants’ right to embark on industrial action was not absolute.
Akwa Ibom Indigenes Protest RMAFC Meeting, Warn Against Tampering With State’s Oil Wells
Akwa Ibom indigenes protest RMAFC meeting, warn against tampering with State’s Oil Wells. Akwa Ibom indigenes resident in Abuja on Tuesday stormed the venue of a meeting of the Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC), where the Inter-Agency Technical Committee (IATC) on Disputed/New Oil Wells was sitting, to protest what they described as attempts to reopen a matter already settled by the Supreme Court.
The protesters cautioned that no individual or agency should tamper with Akwa Ibom State’s 76 oil wells, stressing that the ownership of the wells was conclusively determined in favour of the state by the Supreme Court in 2012.
They insisted that any move to revisit the issue through administrative or technical processes would amount to a disregard for the authority of the apex court and could undermine peace in the Niger Delta region.
Akwa Ibom State was formally represented at the IATC meeting by a high-powered delegation comprising leading legal practitioners, government officials and technocrats. Members of the delegation included Paul Usoro, SAN; Assam Assam, SAN; the Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Uko Udom, SAN; Uwemedimo Nwoko, SAN; Emmanuel Enoidem, SAN; and a former Attorney-General of Akwa Ibom State.
Akwa Ibom Indigenes Protest RMAFC Meeting
Also on the state’s delegation were the Commissioner for Finance, Mr Emem Bob, Former Attorney General and Commissioner Justice, Barr. Ekpenyong Ntekim; the Commissioner for Information, Dr. Aniekan Umanah; Honourable Member representing Ikot Ekpene Federal Constituency, Dr Patrick Umoh, among others.
The delegation is expected to present Akwa Ibom State’s position before the committee, reiterating that the Supreme Court judgment remains final and binding, and urging all relevant federal agencies to respect and uphold the ruling.
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