Veteran journalist and chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dele Momodu, has criticized the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike, labelling him as someone oppressed by the demonic spirit of power.
He said Wike is misbehaving because he was a nobody who suddenly got access to power.
The Ovation publisher added that Wike is a shameless individual who does not care about anything or anyone except his alcohol.
Naijaonpoint reports Momodu made the submissions on Monday during a guest appearance on Channels Television’s Politics Today, during which he replied to Wike’s earlier criticisms of him during his media chat, wherein he described him as a political failure.
The journalist also described Wike as a pig, submitting that he has been warned to avoid wrestling with a pig.
Momodu submitted that he had an encounter with Wike in 2022 after an interview with Nnamdi Kanu in which the Biafra agitator dragged the FCT Minister, and he had to give Wike a right of reply as a responsible journalist.
He said it was after the interview that Wike personally reached out to him to bring the ovation team for another two weeks of media coverage.
“Let me start with some of the messages I received this morning. A former Attorney General reached out to me and pleaded with me not to wrestle with a pig. He advised that I should not wrestle with him, so I will set the record straight: I’m not here to wrestle with someone who is absolutely shameless, who does not care about anything in this world other than his alcohol.
“What we witnessed on television last Friday was the height of recklessness and irresponsibility on the part of someone employed by the federal government of Nigeria to look after the interest of every Nigerian and not just that of his cronies, whether in PDP or APC. He went beyond normal. So to answer your question frontally, I was a media consultant to Nyesom Wike around 2022, and you have the video there. I had interviewed Mazi Nnamdi Kanu on this very table and thereafter, some people reached out to me that I should give Wike a right of reply because Mazi Nnamdi Kanu blasted him heavily that day. And of course, as a responsible journalist, I accepted to speak to him, he was very excited and during the interview, he reached out directly that I should bring the ovation team for two weeks. He said it with his own mouth; we didn’t beg him. My job is my job and I don’t ever joke with my job and I respect whoever is a client.
“Wike, at that stage was still a bit normal. Tonight, I’d like to dissect Wike’s metamorphosis. Wike started from the spirit, demonic spirit of power. You know, when a man who has been a nobody gets power, he begins to change slowly and steadily,” Momodu said.