Land Grabbing: ‘No Matter Your Cry, Propaganda, I Will Do What Is Right’ – Wike

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has said he is not interested in blackmail and propaganda on the issue of land grabbing in Abuja.

Naija News reports that Wike, who spoke on Thursday at a Thanksgiving service organised by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ahoada East and West local government areas of Rivers State, denied the accusations of land grabbing, saying as the FCT Minister, he is in charge of lands in Abuja and cannot in anyway grab land.

The former Governor of Rivers State thanked President Bola Tinubu for giving him the opportunity to serve in his government.

Wike said if Tinubu had not given him the opportunity to serve, he would not have known how Nigeria is.

He said, “Those who are grabbing land are the people I am dealing with, and that is why we must thank Mr President, if he didn’t give us this opportunity, we would not have known the way this country is.

“Do not bother, people say controversial if being controversial is because you want the right thing to be done, I prefer it so.

“People say land grabbing, do you grab what you are in charge? I am in charge of land in Abuja, how will I go and grab what I am in charge?

“Here in Rivers, we thought it was difficult but when you go to a capital territory of a country you know that you are dealing with entire Nigerians.

“People think that because yesterday nobody was able to implement rules, it means that today, nobody would be able to do it. It means that tomorrow nobody will be able to do it. No, it is not like that. The mere fact that no government was able to do it yesterday doesn’t mean that this Renewed Hope Agenda government can not do it today.

“That is why I can assure you that no matter the cry you cry, no matter the propaganda you carry, I will do what is right. If you like give me any name you want to give me. You heard what the president said, Nigerians do not like to comply.

“Simple thing, comply, because they think some of us, you can threaten us, you can blackmail us, it is fake. It won’t work. I do not even know whether you are blackmailing me, I am not interested. My interest is that I am doing what is right and even if heaven comes, I will still do it.”