The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, has again slammed FCT Senator Ireti Kingibe, saying she would not return to the National Assembly in the 2027 general elections.
Wike made the assertion on Tuesday while fielding questions from newsmen during an inspection of ongoing road projects in the FCT.
He described Kingibe as illiterate and insisted that all loans taken by the FCT Administration followed due process and received National Assembly approval.
His comments came after Senator Kingibe accused him of taking loans without approval.
“She is an illiterate, with all due respect, and that is why she is not going back to the Senate. She has nothing to offer to the people of the FCT. There is no way you can go and take a loan without the approval of the National Assembly.
“Anytime you take a loan, you will include it in the budget that this aspect of this budget, the government is going to collect loan,” the minister said.
According to the minister, he would rather not dignify the senator’s comments with further reaction, describing her as already on her way out of political relevance following what he said was the choice residents had made to back President Bola Tinubu and his preferred candidate for the FCT senatorial seat, Philip Aduda.
“I don’t want to comment about her. When the time is right, let her pack her bags out. The people have made their choice by agreeing to support President Tinubu, and then will support Philip Aduda for Senate. So, let us not waste our time reacting to inferiors who failed in all ramifications. I don’t want to react to it, I am above that,” he said.
2027: ‘You won’t return to Senate’ – Wike blasts Ireti Kingibe