The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, is among the top government officials who were present in the Supreme Court on Thursday during the hearing of an appeal filed by the Labour Party, LP candidate Peter Obi against the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
Other members of the ruling party who represented President Tinubu in court include, Abdullahi Ganduje, APC National Chairman Nuhu Ribadu, the National Security Adviser, NSA, amongst others.
Wike is a member of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and a presidential aspirant of the party during the 2023 presidential election.
He was appointed minister of the nation’s capital by Tinubu who won the highly contested election.
The minister and former Governor of Rivers State supported Tinubu during the February 25 election against Atiku Abubakar, the PDP candidate, on the basis that he would not back another northern candidate for the presidency after the expiration of President Muhammadu Buhari’s tenure.
His reason was not acceptable to some political analysts who claimed that Wike would have backed Atiku if the PDP candidate had picked him as his running mate, instead of Ifeanyi Okowa, the immediate past governor of Delate state.
For instance, Senator Dino Melaye, during one of his spats with Wike claimed that the former Rivers governor begged him during several telephone conversations, to appeal to Atiku to pick him as the PDP vice presidential candidate.
Not a few analysts insist that the minister is headed for the ruling party based on his recent romance with the ruling party.
