Atiku, a serial loser, will recontest in 2031— Wike

By Omeiza Ajayi

ABUJA: Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Minister, Nyesom Wike has taken a swipe at former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, branding him a habitual election contestant with nothing to show for his repeated bids, and predicting the opposition figure will be back on the campaign trail come 2031 despite promises to the contrary.

The minister, yesterday, while conducting an inspection tour of ongoing road construction projects across Abuja, used the occasion to fire back at Atiku’s claims that the current administration has delivered no meaningful gains for ordinary Nigerians.

He said: “Atiku is a serial failure. He is a serial contestant and loser and I am sure that in 2031, he will still contest. Nigerians would be laughing at such a person making that kind of statement that nothing positive has been done.”

Far from backing down, the minister threw down a direct challenge, daring his critic to hold the FCT’s current state up against its condition during the years Atiku served as vice president.

“Let him compare FCT now and when he was Vice President. Can he honestly say what we have now is the same as then?” Wike queried.

The minister also turned his attention to allegations from the African Democratic Congress, ADC, that FCT officials had attempted to sabotage its convention by targeting the Rainbow Event Centre.

“I don’t even know where that place is. There was no interference from anybody. These people should just stop looking for sympathy,” he said.

He said the administration would not be drawn into political distractions, drawing a line between electioneering and governance.

“The election will come, but people must work. Contractors are not part of the election,” he declared.

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