{"id":167645,"date":"2025-06-29T18:43:40","date_gmt":"2025-06-29T17:43:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/wike-backs-anyanwu-for-victory-and-integrity"},"modified":"2025-06-29T19:51:09","modified_gmt":"2025-06-29T18:51:09","slug":"wike-backs-anyanwu-for-victory-and-integrity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/wike-backs-anyanwu-for-victory-and-integrity","title":{"rendered":"Wike Backs Anyanwu for Victory and Integrity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, has described the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, National Secretary, Senator Samuel Anyanwu, as a man of strong character and integrity.<\/p>\n<p>Wike said Anyanwu should not be afraid because he will continue to stand with him.<\/p>\n<p>He spoke during Anyanwu\u2019s 60th birthday and book presentation.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement signed by his Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and Social Media, Lere Olayinka, on Sunday, Wike said, \u201cMy friends and I congratulate you on your 60th birthday and for your victory as the substantive National Secretary of the PDP.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am happy with the crowd I am seeing here. It shows you\u2019re a man of the people.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet me assure you, for people like us, we will stand with you; we will continue to be with you. It doesn\u2019t matter what the people will say.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He told Anyanwu to walk with his head high, having emerged victorious and never beg anyone, nor honour anybody\u2019s invitation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNobody fights a war, wins the war and begs. You have won, the people concerned should come and talk to you and not invite you.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou don\u2019t fight a war and win and then people will say come, no, tell them, you, come to me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou have people like me, so don\u2019t be afraid; I am here. We have done it before; we will do it again. Some people will not be happy; I am happy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen e dey pain them, e de sweet us, as e dey sweet us e de pain them,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Wike stressed that \u201cwhat makes a man is his character and not how much money he has or the food he provides. If you don\u2019t have character, go to hell with your food.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said he had always told people to try and show where they stand, and recalled advising Anyanwu to stand firm on the PDP\u2019s Secretary\u2019s crisis because some people were not straightforward.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome people are going right, they are going left, they are going front and they are going backwards.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat they say in the morning, what they say in the afternoon, is it what they will say in the night?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo I warned him, if you know you will not stand firm, say it now. I also asked him, are you sure you can stand this fight?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA fight where virtually everybody, including governors are fighting you, will not be easy but if you stand firm you will win.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHowever, if you begin to go left and you go right, not only will you lose, you will suffer and he assured me that he will stand firm and will not change,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The minister, who said he likes people who are consistent in life, praised Anyanwu for being consistent saying, \u201cyou have shown me, with what has just happened recently, that you are a man that will stand by his words.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He equally commended former Senate President Bukola Saraki for attesting to Anyanwu\u2019s steadfastness as a man of his words.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis mother called me the other day and said \u2018my son, I am happy that people like you will take decisions, stand firm and swear not to be disgraced.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is what we are talking about people of character. You don\u2019t buy it in the market,\u201d he said.<\/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. Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, has described the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, National Secretary, Senator Samuel Anyanwu, as a man of strong character and integrity. Wike said Anyanwu should not be afraid because he will continue to stand with him. 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