{"id":147016,"date":"2025-01-20T22:10:25","date_gmt":"2025-01-20T21:10:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/i-wont-join-issue-with-wike-wabara"},"modified":"2025-01-29T23:19:07","modified_gmt":"2025-01-29T22:19:07","slug":"i-wont-join-issue-with-wike-wabara","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/i-wont-join-issue-with-wike-wabara","title":{"rendered":"I won\u2019t join issue with Wike \u2013 Wabara"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Board of Trustees, BoT, Adolphus Wabara, has challenged the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, to tell the world what wrong he committed to warrant being disowned.<\/p>\n<p>Wabara was reacting to Wike\u2019s remark that he would have disowned Wabara if the former Senate President were his father.<\/p>\n<p>Wike made this disclosure during a media chat yesterday in Abuja, where he criticised Wabara\u2019s leadership style as the PDP BoT Chairman.<\/p>\n<p>However, Wabara described Wike\u2019s comments as disgraceful, stating that it was unbecoming of a supposed man of honour to speak without decorum.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement he signed, the PDP BoT Chairman accused the minister of \u201cspewing gibberish like a broken water pipe without a tap,\u201d which he said was not a mark of maturity.<\/p>\n<p>According to Wabara: \u201cI would expect a man of his calibre and status to mind his language and words. He should be sure of his facts. But I don\u2019t want to join issues with Wike and dignify him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrankly, for a son to disown his father, his father must have wronged him terribly. Can Wike please tell the world what it is I did wrong to him?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTalking about corruption, Nigerians know those who are corrupt, and I can proudly say and beat my chest that I\u2019m not one of them. I, Adolphus Wabara, am not corrupt! I won\u2019t be joining issues with people who have no respect for elders.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Board of Trustees, BoT, Adolphus Wabara, has challenged the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, to tell the world what wrong he committed to warrant being disowned. 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