Africa-Press – Nigeria. Senior Special Adviser to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, on Publicity and Communication, Lere Olayinka, said the military officer that prevented his principal access to land in Abuja on Tuesday was unruly
Olayinka made this statement on Wednesday, in an interview on ‘Sunrise Daily’, a programme on Channels Television monitored by DAILY POST.
He was reacting to the clash between his principal and some personnel of the Nigerian Navy over a land in the FCT.
Minister and some officials of the FCT Authority, FCTA, on Tuesday clashed with soldiers in Abuja over access to a land.
“Yesterday the Minister called the Chief of Defense Staff, CDS, before he left his office. Even when he got to the place, he still called the CDS as you may have seen from the video and have his phone to that unruly officer and there was no sign that he was talking to the CDS.
“He was normal talking to the CDS and I saw arrogance in him that yesterday. The military officer was unruly. He was arrogant; he referred to fellow uniformed men as bloody policemen.
“He was saying I am a commissioned officer. You can’t talk to me like that and the policemen also got angry. How can you s uniform man be ridiculing your fellow uniform people,” Wike’s aide asked.
For More News And Analysis About Nigeria Follow Africa-Press
