The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has downplayed the newly formed coalition’s ability to address the country’s challenges.
During an appearance on Channels Television on Friday, Wike accused the opposition politicians of pursuing a personal agenda and defended the incumbent administration’s policies.
Naijaonpoint reports that opposition politicians including ex-Vice President Atiku Abubakar, Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP), a former Senate President David Mark, ex-governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, are some of the leading figures in the coalition which had adopted the African Democratic Congress (ADC) as its platform to unseat Bola Tinubu’s government.
However, Wike stated that he is unfazed by the development, which many in the political space have described as a tsunami.
“No, that’s not a tsunami. There’s no tsunami. The buccaneers and vampires have sent them away,” he said.
Speaking further, Wike insisted that President Bola Tinubu took over a failing economy.
“He took over, he took over an economy that was gone. Was totally gone,” Wike said on the show.
The minister claimed, “Nigeria was ready to be buried. Luckily, it has not been buried. Someone [Tinubu] came and said, ‘No, I will not allow you to be buried’.”