It has emerged that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu once threatened to sack Federal Capital Territory minister, Nyesom Wike.
The President has been urged to sack the FCT minister, particularly from those pained by his role in the crisis in Rivers State that culminated in the controversial suspension of Governor Siminalayi Fubara by Tinubu.
The latter contrary to equity and fairness left Wike, Fubara’s main rival, in the crisis in his cabinet.
On Sunday when Wike led a delegation of prominent FCT residents on a Sallah homage to mark the end of Ramadan fasting and Eid-el-Fitr celebrations, Tinubu said he once threatened to sack the Minister.
He narrated that the threat happened when the former Rivers governor approached him with a request to remove the FCT from the Treasury Single Account (TSA) to enable greater financial flexibility and infrastructure development.
“I remember the day Nyesom Wike came to me and said, ‘Please, take us out of this problem of Treasury Single Account (TSA) so that I can do more work and achieve more,’” Tinubu stated.
He further recounted how he challenged Wike on the potential political implications of his policies.
“And he presented it, and I threw in my own political guide: ‘Would that give me any opportunity for my party (APC) to win the election in FCT?
“I said, ‘I know where you are coming from, your own party (PDP) or my party. If this thing goes too much in your own favour, you will lose your job.’ Then he said, ‘Okay, we settle that, Oga,’” he recounted.
