Senator Ireti Kingibe, representing the FCT, has demanded an apology from FCT Minister Nyesom Wike over his comments threatening to unseat her as an FCT senator in 2027.
Kingibe and Wike have had a strained relationship since assuming their respective offices, frequently clashing publicly. The minister recently questioned Kingibe about her accomplishments for her constituents since being elected.
The senator took offence, emphasizing that she is significantly older than Wike and expressing her willingness to work with him if he apologizes. According to her, courtesy demands that Wike should not speak to her in such a manner.
She said: “He doesn’t obviously understand the concept of the FCT. If he did, it is nothing personal. He says ‘I don’t want to be her friend.’ How does governance translate into friendship?” she queried on Channels Television’s Political Paradigm.
“I’m actually willing to do doing everything to work with the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory as long as he apologises first for saying I should go and hang on a transformer.
“Once he does that, it is all over. We can start afresh but until then, everybody stays in your lane. With all due respect, I am so much older than him. Even courtesy demands he should speak to me like that.”
