{"id":171663,"date":"2025-07-29T12:10:27","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T11:10:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/ali-modu-sheriff-on-wikes-abuja-actions"},"modified":"2025-07-29T13:14:44","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T12:14:44","slug":"ali-modu-sheriff-on-wikes-abuja-actions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/ali-modu-sheriff-on-wikes-abuja-actions","title":{"rendered":"Ali Modu Sheriff on Wike&#8217;s Abuja Actions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The former Governor of Borno State has said that the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, is working, which is why he would ignore the minister\u2019s alleged rascality.<\/p>\n<p>He disclosed this in an interview with Channels Television on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>He noted that Wike\u2019s works in Abuja speak volumes.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, there are President Bola Ahmed Tinubu\u2019s ministers who are not working but lying to Nigerians.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not a fan of Wike. Wike\u2019s character is that of a rascal, but you cannot take away from him that he has changed Abuja. From the time Abuja was created up to this moment, nobody has worked like him. So people like me will ignore his rascality because he is working. There are ministers that are not working but lying to Nigerians. It is not the president\u2019s problem,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, Sheriff, who also served as acting chairman of the PDP National Working Committee in 2016, said the former presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 presidential election, Peter Obi, is on his way back to the opposition party.<\/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 former Governor of Borno State has said that the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, is working, which is why he would ignore the minister\u2019s alleged rascality. He disclosed this in an interview with Channels Television on Monday. He noted that Wike\u2019s works in Abuja speak volumes. 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