Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, says he became a hero of Nigeria’s democracy by ensuring that former Vice President Atiku Abubakar lost the 2023 presidential election.
Wike made the remark while dismissing claims that former Sokoto State governor, Aminu Tambuwal was the hero of the PDP’s 2022 convention.
During the primary election in 2022, Tambuwal who was a presidential aspirant, stepped down and urged his supporters to vote for Atiku.
However, Wike said Atiku never got 5 percent votes from Rivers State in 2023 and won’t get the same in 2027.
Featuring on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Thursday, Wike said: “You see those clowns were calling Tambuwal ‘Hero of convention’ where they broke the party laws.
“But we became the Hero of Democracy by making sure that Atiku lost in the real election.
“He didn’t get 5% in Rivers State in 2023, I can assure you he won’t get 5% again in 2027. His defeat will be resounding….”
The Minister also accused Atiku of claiming that Nigerians are hungry as a reason for his defection from one party to another.
He said: “Each time Atiku wants to defect from one party to another, he would say ‘Nigerians are hungry’.
“He was Vice President for 8 years under PDP and he decamped to AC saying Nigerians are hungry.
“He decamped back to PDP, ‘Nigerians are hungry’, he decamped to APC ‘Nigerians are hungry’, he decamped back to PDP ‘Nigerians are hungry’, he left the PDP again and decamped to ADC because ‘Nigerians are hungry’…..imagine such a character.”
