{"id":195898,"date":"2026-02-23T10:21:29","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T09:21:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/wike-advises-falana-on-commenting-during-fct-polls"},"modified":"2026-02-23T11:32:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T10:32:15","slug":"wike-advises-falana-on-commenting-during-fct-polls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/wike-advises-falana-on-commenting-during-fct-polls","title":{"rendered":"Wike Advises Falana on Commenting During FCT Polls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, has asked human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, not to always comment on every issue.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to journalists on Sunday after meeting President Bola Tinubu at the presidential villa, Wike urged Falana to verify and get his facts right before making comment on any issue.<\/p>\n<p>Falana had faulted Wike for declaring public holiday ahead of the just concluded Area Council Polls and imposition of curfew in the nation\u2019s capital city.<\/p>\n<p>Reacting to Falana\u2019s remark, Wike said, \u201cWith all due respect, Femi Falana must not always comment just because he wants to comment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cComment on something you know about and have facts on. You can\u2019t just wake up, and you hear somebody said this, and you can\u2019t even verify before you make comments.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was Mr President\u2019s approval that movements should be restricted because of security report that people are trying to bring in hoodlums.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not everything you must comment. And if you must comment, go and find out and know what actually happened.\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. Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, has asked human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, not to always comment on every issue. Speaking to journalists on Sunday after meeting President Bola Tinubu at the presidential villa, Wike urged Falana to verify and get his facts right before making comment on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":195897,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[254],"class_list":["post-195898","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-nigeria"],"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 Advises Falana on Commenting During FCT Polls - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, has asked human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, not to alw ...\" \/>\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-advises-falana-on-commenting-during-fct-polls\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Wike Advises Falana on Commenting During FCT Polls\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, has asked human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, not to alw ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/wike-advises-falana-on-commenting-during-fct-polls\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-02-23T09:21:29+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-02-23T10:32:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/sm_1771842667.274345.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"936\" \/>\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-advises-falana-on-commenting-during-fct-polls#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/wike-advises-falana-on-commenting-during-fct-polls\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Wike Advises Falana on Commenting During FCT Polls\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-02-23T09:21:29+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-02-23T10:32:15+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/wike-advises-falana-on-commenting-during-fct-polls\"},\"wordCount\":199,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/wike-advises-falana-on-commenting-during-fct-polls#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/sm_1771842667.274345.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/wike-advises-falana-on-commenting-during-fct-polls#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/wike-advises-falana-on-commenting-during-fct-polls\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/wike-advises-falana-on-commenting-during-fct-polls\",\"name\":\"Wike Advises Falana on Commenting During FCT Polls - 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