Deji Adeyanju Begged Me For PDP Job” – Wike

By Gideon Njoku

The Minister for the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has dismissed Deji Adeyanju, a Lawyer and activist as a jobless man.

The Minister, also, revealed that Adeyanju, who he referred to as a boy, approached him to beg to be made the National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party. But, according to Wike, he refused to grant Adeyanju’s request. Noted the Minister decisively: “That is the person who now calls himself am activist.”

Adeyanju, in company with  Martins Otse, popular as VeryDarkMan, had, a few days ago, led a protest over the Minister’s demolition of Ruga, a settlement along Airport Road.

Tackling Wike, Adeyanju had noted: “There is no justification for this demolition”. He urged President Bola Tinubu to weigh in and save the people from Wike. The protesters had also asked the President to remove Wike from office as Minister.

But Wike, who hardly allows such comments pass without a response laughed at the idea that Adeyanju is an activist. He called him a jobless man just looking for attention while speaking to some Journalists in Abuja.

He told a story of how Adeyanju begged him for a chance to work for the PDP.

Wike:  “I saw one young man, they call him Adeyanju. He is from Kogi State. This young boy came to me that he wants to be the National Publicity Secretary of the PDP and I said no.

“I said he won’t be, and he was not. I have no regret about it. He has suddenly become a civil society activist.

“He has no job and that’s why he decided to turn to a civil society activist”.

Adeyanju was yet to respond at the time of filing this story.