Sule Lamido, former governor of Jigawa state, has said President Bola Tinubu appointed Nyesom Wike, the minister of the federal capital territory (FCT), for a specific political purpose.
Speaking in an interview on Tuesday, August 5, with Arise News, monitored by Legit.ng, Lamido stated that by the time the purpose is completed, President Tinubu "will remove" Wike.
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain said:
“I have been saying Tinubu will look for somebody who will help him in his own political interest. And there are mercenaries who are willing to be rewarded and hired. Remove the office Wike is holding today, it will be like me, an unelected person. So, his entire weight and the rhetoric and whatever he is saying is because he is in an office that gives him flair, visibility, and authority.”
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He continued:
“Today, by Tinubu’s personal manipulation or personal coercion, he has been able to win over Akwa Ibom, Edo, and Delta. And of course, Wike is there for him in Rivers. So you see, these areas in the south-south were gotten by Tinubu’s personal efforts, not Wike."
Lamido added:
“By the time Tinubu is able to secure the south-south in his own basket, Wike will become irrelevant, and he will remove him. He appointed Wike for a purpose and gave him an office for a purpose; by the time the purpose is no more, that’s the end of it.”
Check out the interview below:
“By the time Tinubu is able to secure the South-South in his own basket, Wike will become irrelevant, and he will remove him. He appointed Wike for a purpose, gave him an office for a purpose; by the time the purpose is no more, that’s the end of it.”
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