On Saturday, December 27, Federal Capital Territory Minister Nyesom Wike denounced those he claimed profited from the sacrifices made by others in order to secure President Bola Tinubu’s victory in the 2023 general elections.

Speaking to some of his Rivers State supporters, Wike stated that by 2027, no one will be able to use him or the others who paid the price to make the APC relevant in the state. Weeks after Governor Sim Fubara, his successor, defected to the APC and proclaimed himself the party’s leader in his state, he made this statement.

Speaking to his supporters, Wike said

‘’Going forward from January next year, we will start politics. You know me, agreement is agreement. Anything you know you cannot do, don’t say it. Don’t agree to it. Nobody can use usto say yes I agree and later say no. Whatever you agree in the morning, you agree in the night.

Don’t worry yourself about those who are shouting ‘’On your mandate we shall stand” We have shouted when it matters most. If we did not shout that time and stand firm, will they shout now, no!

When it was tough for people to say on your mandate we stand, we stood firm and say on your mandate we stand and to the glory of God we stood and the mandate we stand on today is very strong, so we are the ones who made the mandate to be strong as far as Rivers state is concerned. 

“So, all these people now you are seeing singing ‘on your mandate we stand’, that time when they were needed most, they couldn’t do that. They couldn’t come out to say ‘vote for Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

Now that you stood and voted for him and Rivers State won, I tell you, all your struggles will not go in vain,” he said.

The minister, however, did not name the individuals he claims benefited from the ‘sacrifices’ made during the 2023 elections.