Democracy Not Under Any Threat In Nigeria – Wike

By Suleiman Anyalewechi

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, on Wednesday, November 19, 2025, warned the newly elected Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Kabiru Turaki, SAN, against engaging in dangerous rhetorics capable of eroding the unity and corporate existence of Nigeria.

This is as he insisted that there is neither genocide against Christians, nor is the country’s democracy under any threat.

The Source reports that Turaki had, in the wake of the struggle for the control of the Wadata Plaza, National Headquarters of the PDP, with the Wike-backed faction of the Party on Monday, called on the international community, particularly the United States of America, USA, President, Donald Trump, to not just wade in over alleged mass killings of Christians in the country, but intervene to save democracy from collapse under the weight of President Bola Tinubu’s administration perceived interference in the affairs of opposition parties.

But speaking during a courtesy visit to his office by the Board of South South Development Commission SSDC, Wike, a principal actor in the crisis tearing the PDP apart, maintained that Turaki’s call on Trump to intervene in the internal affairs of Nigeria tantamount to a serious threat to national security.

The FCT Minister insisted that if there is any threat to democracy, it was the refusal of Turaki and his enablers to obey two Federal High Court orders, halting the Ibadan National Convention of the PDP.

He described as the height of impunity, the decision of the PDP to go ahead with the Convention after two Courts of competent jurisdiction had ruled otherwise.

“You are calling on President Trump to come and save your democracy when you could not obey a simple court judgement.

“Now, you are turning it around against a Government. What is their business? You cannot keep your house in order; you are blaming an outsider for not keeping your house in order.

“Who does that?You are calling on Trump to come, and save your democracy. Our democracy is not under threat. People went to Court to challenge what you were doing. Then you think, as usual, you can engage in impunity. We can’t continue that way”, Wike stated.

Faulting the alleged genocide against Christians in the country, the FCT Minister described Turaki’s statement as not only reckless but deserving of investigation by security agencies.

According to him, the new PDP Chairman’s comments amounted to claims that the Government of Nigeria is presently engaged in genocidal attack on Christians.

“You came out and made a statement on national television claiming genocide against Christians. In essence, you have come out to tell the world that what this Government is doing is carrying out genocide against Christians. And where are the security agencies?

“For somebody to make that kind of statement, he is supposed to be invited by security agencies to explain more on what he knows about genocide against any group. Here, nobody has invited him. But if it is Wike, oh they will say ‘kill him’ he further stated.