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Dr. Reuben Abati, a veteran journalist and former presidential adviser, has accused Nyesom Wike, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), of undermining President Bola Tinubu and exposing him to public ridicule for his political activities in Rivers State.

Speaking on Arise Television’s Morning Show on Thursday, Abati questioned Wike’s claim to be leading a “rainbow coalition” in Rivers State, claiming that the FCT minister lacks the right to interfere in the operations of the All Progressives Congress, APC.

He pointed out that the APC leadership, including the party’s National Chairman, Nentawe Yilwatda, and the National Secretary, Ajibola Basiru, had openly said that Wike had no business participating in the party’s internal affairs because he is not an APC member.

Abati further pointed out that Wike’s former party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has frequently repudiated him, saying that he is no longer a member.

The former presidential assistant also chastised Wike for reportedly abandoning his duties as FCT minister to engage in political activities in Rivers State, including what he saw as premature campaigns for President Tinubu.

Abati said: “Now first, let’s deal with Wike who says he’s having a rainbow coalition that is going to shut out everybody in the Rivers State, and it seems to me that he doesn’t have that right.

“In fact, the director of information of the APC, in addition to the chairman of the party, Nentawe Yilwatda, and the spokesperson of the party, Ajibola Basiru, have more or less said that Wike is a busy body who has no business interfering in the affairs of the All Progressives Congress, the ruling party, because as far as they are concerned, he’s a member of the People’s Democratic Party.

“The same people’s Democracy Party has rejected him, saying that he’s not their member, and they’ve repeated it again and again. But even more fundamental issues as follows, you have a minister of the Federal Capital Territory who has abandoned his duty post, and he’s in Rivers state, playing politics, door to door, house to house, and says he’s campaigning for president.

“The party itself says they have not sent him on any message. It seems to me the FCT minister is undermining President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and exposing him for contempt of the Nigerian people.

“The Independent National Electoral Commission has not even blown the whistle as regards political campaigns. He’s busy in Rivers state conducting campaigns.

“And so what is INEC supposed to do in this particular regard? So when you talk about Rivers state, it looks like an act of discipline on the part of the FCT minister. It looks like an act of irresponsibility on the part of the FCT minister.

“What Nyesom Wike is doing in Rivers state is very ridiculous. And I think that the embarrassment to the president of Nigeria does not amount to help. It amounts to, you know, trying to upstage the President of Nigeria, and therefore we are not surprised that principal members of the all progressive Congress have complained.”

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