The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, on Tuesday disclosed that former First Lady, Patience Jonathan supported him but asserted that she did not make him politically, JomogNews Nigeria reports.
Wike stated this during an interview on Channels TV’s Politics Today.
Wike applauded President Goodluck Jonathan for appointing him Minister of State for Education from July 2011 to April 2014.
He said, “It would be unfair before the Almighty God to say that Patience Jonathan never supported me, it will be unfair. I don’t have the blood to say somebody who supported me did not, no, I would not.”
In other news, Wike has said he owes no apology for his actions against the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 presidential election.
Wike faulted the accusation against him, saying that he engaged in anti-party activities by refusing to support Atiku Abubakar, the then-PDP presidential candidate.
According to him, he only supported equity, fairness and justice.
“For the presidential election, I said I am going to support equity, fairness and justice. In the other one, I am going to support my party and that is why we won the governor, National Assembly election.
“For presidential, I have no apologies because I don’t believe in injustice. Today people say ‘discipline Wike, he did anti-party.’ I did not do anti-party,” Wike said.
''It will be unfair before Almighty God for me to say, that Patience Jonathan never supported me.''
-FCT minister, Nyesom Wike replies to Austin Okocha's comment on not recognising Patience Jonathan's help in achieving his political ambition#PoliticsToday pic.twitter.com/J0hBcUr6bX
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