Nyesom Wike, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), has been hailed by Senate President Godswill Akpabio as a guy dedicated to peace.
Wike has reportedly come under heavy fire over the recent demolition of buildings in Abuja. However, Akpabio said he couldn’t understand why anyone would have problems with the former governor during a public lecture and book launch on Friday in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, to commemorate Wike’s birthday.
He said, “I was discussing this with one of my colleagues, and I told him I do not know why a man would quarrel with Wike. If he shouts while we are sitting there, by the time I get to that door he has forgotten.
“He will be the one to carry his phone and call me and say ‘when are you coming to the house for lunch?’ And he had forgotten that we quarreled and I will tell him, ‘after the quarrel’.”
Wike said that he does not see or hear his detractors, thus he was not upset by the criticism.
Wike also expressed his gratitude for President Bola Tinubu’s support and said he was humbled by the throng that supported him.
He said that his critics had planned the attacks and that the only way to stop them was to accomplish something that would benefit the general public.
He said: “For me, in life, what is important is, if you know what you want to do, and you know how you want to do it, then go ahead. One thing that I can assure all of you here is that we will continue to make you proud.
“I will never be distracted. I will still be focused to achieve the results that Nigerians will know that Mr President means well. Yes, so many people have talked about criticism, I can assure you, it is even people who inform me that people are criticising me.
“Frankly speaking, because I do not see them and I don’t hear them and I can not reply to them.”