{"id":196965,"date":"2026-03-17T20:06:42","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T19:06:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/makinde-aiming-to-replace-wike-as-fct-minister"},"modified":"2026-03-17T21:15:29","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T20:15:29","slug":"makinde-aiming-to-replace-wike-as-fct-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/makinde-aiming-to-replace-wike-as-fct-minister","title":{"rendered":"Makinde Aiming to Replace Wike as FCT Minister"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Activist, Deji Adeyanju, has calimed that Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State is trying to replace Nyesom Wike as the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, in 2027.<\/p>\n<p>This was, as Adeyanju described the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, as a distraction.<\/p>\n<p>In a video on his social media page, the human rights lawyer claimed that most PDP members are working for President Bola Tinubu.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cPDP is a distraction; what is dead may never die again. I don\u2019t want to bother myself about PDP now because everybody there is working for Tinubu.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey are just looking for who will have the most bargaining chip. Seyi Makinde wants to replace Wike and maybe he will become the next FCT minister in 2027.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo he is more or less how we will make Tinubu come back in 2027, I will not join them in their caricature; I don\u2019t have their time.\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. Activist, Deji Adeyanju, has calimed that Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State is trying to replace Nyesom Wike as the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, in 2027. This was, as Adeyanju described the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, as a distraction. 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