Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has said that he would have shot the anchor of a Channels Television programme: “Politics Today,” Seun Okinbaloye, through the television over a comment he made.
The former two-term governor of Rivers State said this on Friday in the nation’s capital, Abuja, during his monthly media chat.
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Wike accused Okinbaloye of taking sides with his comment instead of remaining neutral as an interviewer in the debate involving the African Democratic Congress (ADC) and Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
Speaking during the Thursday edition of “Politics Today”, the host of the programme said he was pained that the 2027 elections were looking like a contest of one political party owing to the crisis in the ADC.
He added that Nigeria is doomed democratically if the only hope of opposition cannot present candidates for the elections.
Wike said Okinbaloye overstepped his bounds with the comment.
He said: “I was surprised yesterday, thoroughly surprised, when I was watching Politics Today. Politics
“If there was any way to break the screen, I’d have shot him.
“In fact, it’ll get to him.
“Let me tell you, see what I’m saying.
“You see, the point I’m saying is how you can take yourself, the interviewer, saying that we cannot allow only one party.
“Look, I said: What is this?” [Eagle Online]
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