Wike and Aisha Yesufu Clash Over NDC Senate Contest

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, and activist Aisha Yesufu have exchanged words after Yesufu failed to become the senatorial candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress for the FCT.

Yesufu announced her plan to run for the seat on May 6. She switched to the NDC from the African Democratic Congress.

On Friday, she revealed that the party would not hold primaries for the FCT Senate seat. This news ended her hopes for the ticket.

At a luncheon for the Rainbow Coalition candidates in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on Saturday, Wike reacted to this news. He said Yesufu, who he claimed is known for speaking “grammar,” could not win an “ordinary” NDC primary election in the FCT.

“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.

“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 response, Yesufu made a statement on her official X handle on Sunday. She challenged Wike, saying, “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 fired back at Wike’s comments about her primary loss. Yesufu claimed that Wike “could not win primaries in 2022.” She suggested that he “even lobbied for running mate and still was not chosen.” She accused him of running to support a fellow man and ruining a party that was once the largest in Africa.

“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.