Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Nyesom Wike, has threatened that Goodluck Jonathan contesting 2027 presidential election will destabilise the country.
Wike said on Thursday, during an interview on Politics Today, a Channels Television programme.
He described the campaign to bring back Jonathan as hypocritical, recalling that those clamouring for the former president’s return were the same individuals who disowned him in 2015, during his re-election bid.
“Anybody saying Jonathan should return because he will only do one term is only looking for a crisis,’ he stated.
“These are the same people who frustrated him in 2015. Why now? Jonathan has made a name for himself globally, and they just want to drag him into unnecessary conflict,” he said.
The minister argued that fronting Jonathan or any southern candidate, under the guise of a “one-term presidency”, was a ploy lacking sincerity and a threat to Nigeria’s political balance.
On the state of the nation, Wike admitted that Nigerians were facing economic hardship but maintained that President Bola Tinubu had taken “tough but necessary decisions” to reposition the economy.
“Yes, there is hardship, I agree. But no one can deny that this government is making efforts to improve things. I see the projects in Abuja daily; they are evidence that something is happening,” he added.
He also dismissed recent warnings by former Vice President Atiku Abubakar about a looming revolution over hunger and poverty, accusing him of hypocrisy.
“Atiku was vice president for eight years. Why didn’t he lay the foundation to prevent hunger then? Now he keeps talking about hunger and revolution.
“For me, I don’t even bother reading what he says, because there is no truth in it,” Wike stated.
