Nigerian businessman and social commentator, Prince Isaac Fayose, has expressed sadness over the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike’s comment on the outcome of the recently concluded Osun State governorship election.
Wike, while speaking with journalists on Tuesday, claimed that the Federal Government did not deploy its influence against Governor Ademola Adeleke of the Accord Party during the election.
Wike claimed that President Bola Tinubu allowed the people of Osun State to freely elect their leader.
He added that if Tinubu had wanted the All Progressives Congress, APC, to win the election, he would have personally gone to the state during the exercise.
Wike’s remarks have continued to generate reactions, with some Nigerians accusing the minister of suggesting that elections could be influenced through federal might.
Reacting in a video shared on his official Facebook page on Tuesday, Fayose questioned Wike’s comments, arguing that the people of Osun State had already made up their minds before the election.
According to him, Osun State should not be compared with Rivers State where Wike previously served as governor.
Fayose said: “When I listen to Wike, my stomach rumbles. Look at the confidence with which he said if the President had wanted Osun, he would have been there.
“May God continue to save Nigeria from these kinds of people. God will shock him.
“Osun people are not Rivers. Osun people made up their minds, and one thousand of you cannot change it. You are dreaming.
“Thank God Atiku did not choose you as his vice president; this country would have been destroyed more than it is now.
“So, you wanted to change the will of Osun people as you usually do in Rivers? I feel sorry for Nigerians. How come people are still campaigning for this man?”
‘God will shock you’ – Isaac Fayose fumes over Wike’s controversial remarks on Osun election