16th October 2025, Governance And Development, Business And Economy, News

The African Democratic Congress (ADC) in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has come hard on the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike, accusing him of a “reckless, condescending, and utterly unnecessary outburst” against Peter Obi, the former Governor of Anambra State and 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate.

Obi recently lamented the infrastructural decay he witnessed in a primary school he visited at the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, saying it reflects the reality of federal government’s neglect of education.

Reacting to Obi’s
comments regarding the dilapidated state of the public primary school in the FCT, which lacked basic amenities such as toilets, chairs, and adequate learning facilities, Wike took on Obi.

Reacting to Wike, ADC in the Federal Capital Territory said Wike’s “reckless criticism of Obi and comparison of his achievements with that of Obi are “laughable” and “hollow.”

A statement, signed by ADC-FCT Publicity Secretary, Chukwudi Samuel, said: “While we understand that leadership requires a thick skin and restraint, Mr. Wike has once again demonstrated that arrogance and noise are not substitutes for vision and decency,” the statement read.

“His statement was not only undignified but also beneath the office he currently occupies.”

According to ADC-FCT, Obi’s observations should have prompted action rather than irritation.

“Leadership is about service, not ego. If a citizen, no matter who he is, points out decay in governance, a responsible minister fixes it, not fighting it,” ADC said.

The party further dismissed Wike’s attempts to compare his spending in the FCT to Obi’s tenure in Anambra, calling it “laughable.”

The ADC-FCT statement highlighted Obi’s legacy of leaving billions in reserves, being debt-free, and achieving high educational and health standards, contrasting it with Wike’s “theatre of self-glorification, awarding contracts for the cameras, not for the people.”

The ADC accused Wike of “prioritising cosmetic projects over fundamental needs. “You can commission all the roads you like, but if children in Abuja are still learning without toilets, desks, or dignity, then your ‘development’ is hollow,” ADC said.

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