{"id":122440,"date":"2024-06-28T08:36:03","date_gmt":"2024-06-28T07:36:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/you-failed-as-senator-defend-election-riggers-wike-slams-shehu-sani-ozekhome"},"modified":"2024-06-28T09:57:42","modified_gmt":"2024-06-28T08:57:42","slug":"you-failed-as-senator-defend-election-riggers-wike-slams-shehu-sani-ozekhome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/you-failed-as-senator-defend-election-riggers-wike-slams-shehu-sani-ozekhome","title":{"rendered":"You failed as Senator, defend election riggers \u2013 Wike slams Shehu Sani, Ozekhome"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Federal Capital Territory, FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, has slammed Shehu Sani and a senior advocate of Nigeria, Mike Ozekhome, SAN, over their opinions on the current administration.<\/p>\n<p>Wike, Ozekhome and Sani were under the same roof as dignitaries at This Nigeria Annual Lecture and Gold Prize Award, 2024, held in Abuja to mark Nigeria\u2019s 25 years of uninterrupted democracy.<\/p>\n<p>Chief Ozekhome was the guest lecturer of this year\u2019s event and had angered the FCT Minister when he read out his lecture without mentioning areas the country had made some progress in the last 25 years.<\/p>\n<p>Also, a call made by a former federal lawmaker, Shehu Sani, for President Bola Tinubu to wake up and solve the problem of hunger in Nigeria, was not welcomed by Wike.<\/p>\n<p>Wike tackled the two activists by questioning their decency in making such calls.<\/p>\n<p>While he demanded to know what Sani achieved as a Senator for many years, he asked Ozekhome if he had ever rejected briefs.<\/p>\n<p>He put it to Ozekhome that the senior lawyer has not ever rejected a job even to defend those who rigged elections in court.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo I said that I\u2019ll put this to you and to tell my brother friend, for the main fact that you people were activists does not mean that you\u2019ll do well, no.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cActivists have always failed. We\u2019ve seen activists that were given appointments and yet they failed. When you were in the Senate, how did you perform? What was our performance as Senator?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd you\u2019re saying something about rigging elections and&#8230; as an activist, how many times have you rejected briefs? Those who have rigged elections, you have even defended them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, it is about everytime we come here and postulate, postulate and postulate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added, \u201cFirst of all we\u2019re talking about 25 years of democracy. I know we have challenges but I expected the lecturer to say, \u2018yes, we\u2019ve made some progress.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn all this lecture, not one progress was made. [It was about] criticism after criticism. Are you telling me that in 25 years, not one progress was made.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes, you can say we\u2019ve made this progress but still the need for us to move forward. Just like Shehu Sani said how they were detained, he didn\u2019t say that under this democracy no Nigerian has found himself under this aspect, that\u2019s progress.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019ve said here about infrastructure in FCT, who\u2019s FCT minister working under? Mr President. That means he has the capacity to know those who can help him move the country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About Nigeria Follow Africa-Press<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Federal Capital Territory, FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, has slammed Shehu Sani and a senior advocate of Nigeria, Mike Ozekhome, SAN, over their opinions on the current administration. 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