Nobody can intimidate me. I don’t want to be your friend – Wike blasts FCT Senator, Kingibe

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has firmly conveyed to Senator Ireti Kingibe, who represents the FCT, that he won’t succumb to pressure to befriend her.

Wike criticized the Senator, alleging that instead of addressing her concerns through proper channels or concentrating on her oversight duties, she has resorted to attempting to manipulate him.

He expressed these sentiments during an interview with reporters in Abuja, highlighting that the Senator’s discontent stems from being overlooked for the Senate Committee on FCT chairmanship by the Senate President.

He said; “I don’t want to be personal…she’s the Senator for FCT. She went around saying ‘oh, oh Wike is busy scraping roads…I should leave the roads till when the potholes come?” Wike said.

“Somebody wants to be your friend and you say ‘I don’t want to be your friend. Is it by force?’ The problem is that she wanted to be Chairman, Senate Committee on FCT and the Senate President said ‘I’m not giving you’.

‘What are you going to supervise me? You cannot supervise me. What is her interest, that I must see her? If I have a problem I’ll go and see her. I don’t have a problem. Nobody can intimidate me. Look, I was a Minister before. I became a governor of one of the most important states in Nigeria and she thinks that the only way you can bring me down is to go to Channels, TVC, saying the Minister is not carrying me along.

“I don’t have the back to carry. It’s not about blackmailing. Do the right thing. You know her problem? She ran election with my friend Philip Aduda and she sees me taking Philip everywhere instead of her being the Senator. Should I abandon my friend because he failed election?” Wike queried.