Senator Ireti Kingibe has said that the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, is not willing to work with anybody.
The FCT senator levelled the accusation against the Minister on a Channels Television programme: “Politics Today” on Friday, February 20, 2026.
Kingibe said that despite writing to the minister, she had not received a positive response on how to deliver the dividends of democracy to FCT residents.
She said: “If the Minister were my younger brother, he wouldn’t behave this way.
“I am only about governance.
“You can see the letters I have written to the minister, all of them telling how I am willing to work with him.
“The minister is not willing to work with anybody.
“The minister is not willing to work with the FCDA people.
“He is not willing to work with the Mandate Secretary.
“The minister thinks governance is about what he alone thinks and what he alone wants.”
On the 22-hour curfew declared by Wike for the FCT Area Councils poll on February 21, 2026 (today), Kingibe said: “If the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is fully prepared, the security forces are all in place, what is the need for this draconian measure?
“There is no need.
“From 8pm (on Friday) to 6pm tomorrow (Saturday), just because we have a local government election?
“I have lived here for a very long time.
“This is the first time that any minister would ever find it necessary.
“It makes us wonder why such a measure is necessary, since there have been no security issues.
“Even when there was a protest, they didn’t put in a 22-hour curfew, not to talk of just a local government election in a capital where embassies all are, high commissions, ECOWAS Secretariat.
“A lot of people are forbidden to move around tomorrow.”
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