Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has described Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), as better suited to be president of social media than to govern Nigeria.
Wike spoke on Saturday at a stakeholders’ town hall meeting in Bonny LGA of Rivers State, where he criticised Obi’s leadership style and questioned his ability to manage the country’s challenges.
“I give him president of social media. If it’s to vote president of social media, I’ll vote for him. But not to govern Nigeria,” Wike said.
The former Rivers governor accused Obi, who previously contested the presidency under the Labour Party (LP), of leaving political parties whenever they faced internal crises.
“You ran under Labour Party, problem came, you ran. You ran from PDP, from Labour, you go to ADC, anywhere problem is, you run. How will you solve the problems of the country?” he asked.
Wike said leadership required the ability to resolve problems, adding that he remained in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) during its internal crisis.
“When there was a problem in PDP, did I run? I defeated them,” he said.
He also questioned Obi’s record as governor of Anambra State, arguing that incumbent governor Chukwuma Soludo had demonstrated his performance, while claiming Obi had failed to do the same.
Wike also criticised the African Democratic Congress (ADC) and its presidential ticket, describing its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, as unreliable.
“I was in the same party with Atiku, I know him. He’s a man you can’t take his words to the bank. He tells you something in the morning, it’s a different thing in the afternoon, it’s a different thing in the evening,” he said.
The FCT minister further faulted the ADC’s choice of Rotimi Amaechi as Atiku’s running mate, arguing that the decision had weakened the party’s presidential ticket.
“The presidential candidate of the ADC is already bad. He then worsened the ticket by bringing this fumigating… The ticket now became worse, in fact it has been buried,” he said.
