The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, and activist Aisha Yesufu have traded words following the latter’s inability to emerge as the senatorial candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress for the FCT.
Yesufu had declared her intention to contest the seat on May 6 after joining the NDC from the African Democratic Congress.
On Friday, she announced that the party would not be conducting primaries for the FCT Senate seat, effectively ending her bid for the ticket.
Reacting at a luncheon for candidates of the Rainbow Coalition in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on Saturday, Wike said Yesufu, known for what he described as speaking “grammar,” could not win an “ordinary” NDC primary election in the FCT.
File photo of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike.
