The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, and activist Aisha Yesufu have engaged in a heated exchange after her failed attempt to secure the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) senatorial ticket for the Federal Capital Territory.
Yesufu had declared her intention to contest the seat on May 6, shortly after joining the NDC from the African Democratic Congress (ADC).
However, she later announced on Friday that the party would not be holding primaries for the FCT Senate seat, effectively ending her bid for the ticket.
Reacting at a luncheon for candidates of the Rainbow Coalition in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on Saturday, Wike mocked Yesufu’s political ambition, saying she could not win even a basic party primary.
“There’s one woman who said Wike is an appointee of government and that she has no business with appointees. You speak grammar, speak grammar.
“Ordinary primary of NDC, not APC or PDP, just ordinary NDC, what happened? She didn’t make it.
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“It’s easy for people to talk. When they enter into those media houses, they begin to churn out data from nowhere.
“Now, the time for data has come. What happened? ‘Fa fa fa foul. It didn’t work. If e didn’t dey? E didn’t dey.
In a swift response, Yesufu took to her official X account on Sunday, May 31, to fire back at the minister, challenging him to mention her name directly.
“If dem born Wike well, make e call my name with his full chest! What Tambuwal did him in 2022 will be child’s play.”
She also referenced Wike’s past political setbacks, claiming he had previously failed to secure a running mate position and had engaged in political manoeuvring that she said contributed to the decline of a once-dominant party.
“Let me wait make the man get liver mention name! Then the man doing boi boi because he has to be in power to have authority will know those of us from Kukuruku empire of Edo State in South South no dey grovel,” she added.