Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has promised to gift councilors in the nation’s capital N10 million each if President Bola Tinubu wins in their wards in the 2027 elections.
He made the promise at the rainbow coalition stakeholders’ meeting attended by traditional rulers, stakeholders and Kwali residents on Monday.
“Any councillor that delivers his ward will get N10 million reward,” the minister said.
“Therefore, go and meet your leaders, go and meet your youth groups, go and consult with associations. Let’s deliver our ward to Mr President.”
He also endorsed Philip Aduda for the FCT senate seat and Danladi Chiya for the Abuja South Federal Constituency.
“I don’t need to preach to you any longer. The one you are seeing is what you follow, not the one that will give you unfulfilled promises. I will go to sleep tonight because I know Kwali, Gwagwalada, and Abaji are 100 percent for APC,” he said.
Wike condemned opposition politicians over their reactions to Thursday’s federal high court judgement, which sacked the David Mark-led leadership of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) and nullified the party’s decision, including Atiku Abubakar’s nomination as its presidential candidate.
He accused opposition parties and political figures of double standards and hypocrisy in their responses to court rulings.
“When ADC had a matter in court and won at the Supreme Court, they said, ‘The court is the last hope. The court has saved democracy, and we know our judiciary will not fail us’,” he said.
“But when they lost a court case, it became: ‘The president is using the court to fight the opposition.’ When it is good for you, the judiciary is clear. When it is bad, you claim they are using it to destroy democracy. What kind of system are we operating?”
