{"id":157146,"date":"2025-03-29T11:19:06","date_gmt":"2025-03-29T10:19:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/wike-did-not-slump-in-abuja-lere-olayinka"},"modified":"2025-04-04T14:33:29","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T13:33:29","slug":"wike-did-not-slump-in-abuja-lere-olayinka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/wike-did-not-slump-in-abuja-lere-olayinka","title":{"rendered":"Wike did not slump in Abuja \u2013 Lere Olayinka"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Lere Olayinka, the Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and Social Media to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, has debunked reports claiming that his principal slumped in Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>Posts circulating on X (formerly Twitter) alleged that the Minister collapsed at an event on Friday in the nation\u2019s capital.<\/p>\n<p>The rumour also claimed that Wike was immediately rushed to an undisclosed hospital, where he is receiving treatment.<\/p>\n<p>Olayinka simply said the report is \u201cfake.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This comes amid the political tension in Rivers State, sparked by the face-off between the suspended Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, and Wike, his estranged political godfather.<\/p>\n<p>The political crisis in the state took another dimension on Friday when the former Head of Service in the state, George Nwaeke, peddled a series of allegations against Fubara.<\/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. Lere Olayinka, the Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and Social Media to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, has debunked reports claiming that his principal slumped in Abuja. Posts circulating on X (formerly Twitter) alleged that the Minister collapsed at an event on Friday in the nation\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":157145,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[347,71,254,454],"class_list":["post-157146","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-abuja","tag-lere-olayinka","tag-nigeria","tag-wike"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Wike did not slump in Abuja \u2013 Lere Olayinka - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Lere Olayinka, the Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and Social Media to the Minister of the Federal Cap ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/wike-did-not-slump-in-abuja-lere-olayinka\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Wike did not slump in Abuja \u2013 Lere Olayinka\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Lere Olayinka, the Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and Social Media to the Minister of the Federal Cap ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/wike-did-not-slump-in-abuja-lere-olayinka\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-03-29T10:19:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-04-04T13:33:29+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/03\/sm_1743238795.562097.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/wike-did-not-slump-in-abuja-lere-olayinka#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/wike-did-not-slump-in-abuja-lere-olayinka\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Wike did not slump in Abuja \u2013 Lere Olayinka\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-03-29T10:19:06+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-04-04T13:33:29+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/wike-did-not-slump-in-abuja-lere-olayinka\"},\"wordCount\":153,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/wike-did-not-slump-in-abuja-lere-olayinka#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/03\/sm_1743238795.562097.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Abuja\",\"LERE OLAYINKA\",\"Nigeria\",\"Wike\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/wike-did-not-slump-in-abuja-lere-olayinka#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/wike-did-not-slump-in-abuja-lere-olayinka\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/wike-did-not-slump-in-abuja-lere-olayinka\",\"name\":\"Wike did not slump in Abuja \u2013 Lere Olayinka - 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