The Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and Social Media to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, Lere Olayinka, has dismissed reports that the Presidency ordered his principal to stop holding his monthly media briefings.
Reports (not from Naijaonpoint) had circulated earlier in the week alleging that Aso Rock had barred the former g0vernor of Rivers State from his widely followed monthly chats over concerns that his utterances could destabilise Rivers State politics.
The reports suggested that Wike’s media sessions had become “notorious” for inflammatory rhetoric, alleged harassment, and threats directed at political opponents.
It was further claimed that Wike’s repeated verbal attacks on Rivers elders, who sought to mediate between him and the current state Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, had heightened fears of renewed political chaos in the state.
However, his spokesman, when contacted by the Daily Post on Thursday, flatly denied the claims.
Asked about the veracity of the report, he simply responded, “Fake.”
Naijaonpoint reports that at the time of filing this report, the FCT minister, who has consistently used his monthly media briefings to defend his policies in Abuja and comment on national politics, has not personally reacted to the latest controversy.
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