‘We Go Show Criminals Pepper, I Know What You Have Suffered’ – Wike Tells FCT Residents

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has vowed to deal with criminals and bandits terrorizing the nation’s capital and making the cost of living high.

Naijaonpoint reports that Wike spoke on Tuesday in Abuja while flagging off the 9.8km Kabusa – Takushara road, noting that farmers can return to their farms when bandits are tamed.

He said the 2-lane, 7-metre carriageway with solar streetlights and shoulders is expected to be completed within six months.

The Minister encouraged the people to trust President Bola Tinubu’s administration, saying he must fulfil his promise in the capital city.

Wike also cautioned school administrators against lining students in the sun to receive him, saying FCT school children must never be subjected to such energy-sapping ventures.

He said, “On insecurity, without roads, if someone comes to attack you, can security agencies come down immediately? No. So, we have started. Every problem cannot be solved at the same time. What is important is that there is hope.

“The hunger is because of insecurity. You cannot go to farm because kidnappers and bandits will not allow you. Now, we are fighting them. We are going to show them pepper. So, don’t worry. I know what you have suffered, I know how impatient you are. Now we have started. Just know that hope has come back.

 “Let me state here that once a government has made a promise, the government is obliged to fulfill the promise.

“One of the promises the president made is that those of you in the satellite towns, don’t think developments will be only in the city only. It will be in the satellite towns and one of the ways of doing it is by constructing roads and providing street lights. I want to assure you that in the next six to seven months, we will commission this project. It is not just about flag off.

“Don’t allow anybody to come and tell you stories. When they come, ask them, when they were there, did they remember Kabusa-Takushara or Kabusa-Ketti?”