By Gideon Njoku
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, on Thursday, said that the Nigerian State does not belong to any person or a particular group.
The Minister spoke days after a Muslim fundamentalist, Sheik Ahmed Gumi, pointedly urged that Wike should not only be removed as the FCT Minister, because he is a Christian and a Southerner,, but also because, allegedly, the Minister plans to use Isreali Security Operatives in Abuja.
In a pronouncement which was meant to provoke Southerners and Christians, as well as incite the Muslim North against the South and Christians, Gumi said Southerners and Christians should never be trusted with power.
Gumi came under strong attacks by Nigerians and Organizations – North, South, Muslim, Christians- including the Middle Belt Forum, and a former Niger Delta Militant who is, also, a Presidential friend and Tinubu loyalists, Asari Dokubo. Dokubo reminded Gumi that Abuja was built and developed with money from the Niger Delta and Igboland.
On Thursday, Wike, who spoke when he hosted, in Abuja, an APC delegation from Rivers State, in a veiled response to Gumi said:
“We are all members of the Nigerian State, and therefore, it is important for all of us to, also, understand that the Nigerian State does not belong to a particular person or group.
“So, I am not going to discriminate against anyone. I am here for all Nigerians. I am here for those who are members of political parties and those who are not members of any political party.”
There have been calls for the arrest and interrogation of Gumi since his infamous statement, but mum has been the word from Security Agencies.
