Nyesom Wike, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), informed former Vice President Atiku Abubakar that it was too late for him to acquire the integrity and character he had been born without.
During his eight years as Vice President, he claimed that President Olusegun Obasanjo knew him better than anyone else.
Wike said this through his Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and Social Media, Lere Olayinka, according to reports.
In response to a statement from the Atiku Media Office, Olayinka said that the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) committee that chose its vice presidential candidate for the 2023 election was rejected because of character.
Obasanjo attested to this in his book My Watch, and Wike’s media aide claimed that Atiku is one Nigerian who is never present among the group of individuals of integrity and character.
Wike’s lackluster character and integrity rating was one of the reasons he initially turned down Atiku’s offer to be his running partner, according to Olayinka, before he was persuaded. This was demonstrated by Atiku, who told everyone that the committee would be bidding on him but still rejected the choice made by the committee the party established to choose his running partner.
“Now that his falsehoods about choosing his running partner based on the committee report that ranked Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, the former governor of Delta State, as the top candidate were exposed, he is preaching about honesty and character, which he lacks.
The fact that Atiku is discussing character is ironic given that his boss called him a “blatant and shameless liar.”
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“For the record, Obasanjo stated in his book, My Watch, that “what I did not know, which came out glaringly later, was his parental background, which was somewhat shadowy, his propensity to corruption, his tendency to disloyalty, his inability to say and stick to the truth all the time, a propensity for poor judgment, his belief and reliance on marabouts, his lack of transparency, his trust in money to buy his way out on all issues, and his readiness to sacrifice morality, integrity, propriety, truth, and national interest for self and selfish purpose.”
As of right now, Atiku hasn’t refuted his boss’s remarks about him.
Wike does not pretend or conceal his positions on subjects, in contrast to Atiku. When he tweets about important topics, he doesn’t always quickly remove it. He didn’t lie about where he would stand in the 2023 election, and he won’t lie about where he will stand in 2027.
“As he gets older, Atiku should start being trustworthy and truthful because being president shouldn’t be about desperate measures.”
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