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Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Senator representing the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Ireti Kingibe, has disclosed details of a heated telephone exchange between her and the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, revealing that the intervention of the Senate President was required to resolve the dispute.<\/p>\n

Kingibe made the disclosure on Friday while speaking on Politics Today, a programme on Channels Television.<\/p>\n

According to her, she repeatedly called the minister over what she described as an urgent matter until he eventually answered.<\/p>\n

She said the conversation quickly escalated into a shouting match.<\/p>\n

The lawmaker stated that both parties raised their voices during the exchange before ending the call.<\/p>\n

She added that the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, later intervened by initiating a three-way call, which helped to resolve the issue.<\/p>\n

The senator did not provide further details about the subject of the disagreement but maintained that the matter was eventually settled following the Senate President\u2019s intervention.<\/p>\n

She said: \u201cI have Wike\u2019s number, and he has mine number too. I know I have the right number. I have called him before. He didn\u2019t answer, and I kept calling and calling till he picked up the phone.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd then he proceeded to yell at me. We yelled at each other for a few minutes, and we put the phone down. Then the the senate president now intervened and did a three way call, and we resolved the issue, because for me, that issue was urgent, and that\u2019s why I called him. And I was determined that he was going to pick it up.<\/p>\n

\u201cI said, are you in your office? Let me come and see you. He said, no, no, no, don\u2019t come yet here. That was the conversation. He sounded as if I was going to harm him.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Nigeria. The Senator representing the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Ireti Kingibe, has disclosed details of a heated telephone exchange between her and the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, revealing that the intervention of the Senate President was required to resolve the dispute. 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