Skip to main content

How Tinubu’s Instruction Led To Victory In FCT Polls – Wike


The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has disclosed how President Bola Tinubu’s instruction made the All Progressives Congress (APC) secure a majority of the seats in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Area Council elections.

Recall that the APC emerged victorious in five of the six Area Council chairmanship positions in the FCT Area Council elections held on 21st February 2026.

Speaking on the development during his first monthly media parley for 2026 in Abuja on Monday, Wike explained why the APC prevailed.

According to him, Tinubu instructed him to visit satellite towns and ensure they felt the impact of governance.

He asserted that the key factor was the party’s focus on satellite towns rather than on the city centre.

Wike said, “Let’s tell ourselves the simple truth. Who would have beaten Asiwaju’s government in this FCT election if all we did was focus on the city? All over the years, ruling parties have struggled to win in the city because the people there talk a lot but rarely come out to vote.”

Wike, who revealed that he was personally appointed as a minister when President Tinubu took office, stressed the importance of extending governance beyond the city.

“The President said we must go to the satellite towns and let them feel the impact of governance, let them feel the impact of government.

“And we did that. When you go to places like Karu, Kabusa, Wasa, you see how happy the people are. That’s where the voters came out in numbers,” he said.

The minister also highlighted the difference between residents in the city and those in satellite towns.

“Where did people not come out? All of them are within the city. But when we reached the satellite towns, people voted and made their voices heard. That’s why APC was able to secure the majority of seats,” he added.


Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Breaking: ASUU suspends 2-week warning strike

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has suspended its two-week warning strike it declared last week across all public universities in the country. The union announced the suspension on Wednesday at a press conference held at its headquarters in Abuja. President of ASUU, Chris Piwuna, who read a prepared speech before newsmen, explained that the development followed intervention by the Senate and some other well-meaning Nigerians. However, he sad the National Executive Council of the Union resolved to give the government a one-month window to address all contending areas.
2 comments
Read more

JUST IN: If Tinubu Had Told Me, I Wouldn’t Have Agreed To Rivers State Of Emergency Rule – Wike

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has stated that he would not have agreed with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu if he had discussed his move to declare a State of Emergency in Rivers State. Wike noted that he is not in conflict with the suspended Rivers State Governor,      Sim Fubara  He stressed his opposition on the State of Emergency rule, stating that only the President knows the right time to lift it. While speaking to journalists in Abuja on Monday, Wike remarked that Fubara has permitted himself to be manipulated by his adversaries to oppose him. The FCT Minister said: “ I made it clear that this impunity will not stand, so what is happening in PDP is what I call undertakers because I see no reason why you will put yourself under that kind of crisis. “I don’t have any crisis with him (Fubara). I’m not the President who declared a State of Emergency; if Mr President had called me, I wouldn’t have agreed to the State of Emergenc...
Post a Comment
Read more

Woman Burned to Death, Accused of Kidnapping 7yrs Old Boy in Delta

By Tessy ogbemi An angry mob set ablaze a woman accused in a failed child kidnapping attempt in Agbarho community, Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State.  The incident happened on Wednesday, September 24, 2025.  An eyewitness disclosed at the scene of the incident at Ekwvere Road claimed that the woman hid the seven year old boy she allegedly abducted in a sack, adding that she was even carrying a Bible on one hand.  Community sources said some residents in the area accosted the lady when they observed the way she was dragging the sack, to know what she had in it.  "She was unstable when they asked her to disclose what she was carrying in the sack. When the bag was forced open, they found a seven year old child in it. They shouted and it attracted a large crowd,” a source said.  It was gathered that the angry mob immediately brought a used tyre to the scene, which they forced down her neck after beating her to a pulp.  “The lady and the tyre we...
1 comment
Read more