Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyeson Wike rained insults on one of the soldiers drafted by high military authority to stop him from having access to a plot of land belong to the Military Chief.
In bitter exchanges of words, the minister called the soldier in full military uniform a fool.
“You are a full” the minister thundered, to which the soldier responded “I am not a fool.”
Video clips of the confrontation between the minister and the military personnel has been trending in social media in the last two hours today, November 11.
It is not clear where the plot of land is located, but Wike was overheard ordering the officer:“shut up, keep quiet, you are a fool. As at the time I graduated, you were still in primary school,” Wike raged.
Referring to their boss who drafted them to the land, Wike raged on: “you send soldiers to intimidate who? We are all from this country. If not for the CDS who spoke to me now, you would have to kill everybody here,” but the soldier responded: “we are not going to kill anybody.”
The minister went on: “I am not one of those that you can intimidate.
Wike stressed that the land had no required documents, but the soldier said “the land has papers sir.”
Reacting to the bitter contribution, Wike’s media aide, Lere Olayinka, in a post on his official Facebook page, said: “Because he was told to stop building on a land he has no title document and building approval, former Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Awwal Zubairu Gambo, sent his armed military security details to attack men of the FCTA Department of Development Control.
“He also stationed armed military men to protect the illegal development, with the military men threatening to shoot anyone who interfered with them.
“Today, the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, visited the site after talking to the Chief of Defence Staff on the phone.”
