Jabi lake controversy: Nobody can intimidate, blackmail me – Wike to Activists

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, connected Tuesday declared that cipher tin intimidate oregon blackmail him for performing his duties successful the superior city.

Wike made the remark portion berating the African Action Congress, AAC, statesmanlike candidate, Omoyele Sowore and different activistic who criticised him implicit the sealing of Jabi Park.

Speaking during his monthly media chat successful Abuja, Wike said the Jabi Recreational Park was awarded astir 15 years agone but erstwhile administrations person near the spot underdeveloped.

He said, “You are alert that immoderate radical took america to court. In 2026 astir 15 years agone that spot was awarded to radical who said they wanted to crook it into a recreation parkland and 1 time I had to walk done that spot and accidental look ‘shanties are coming up and radical are selling food, I said this is not what we mean by a recreation centre’.

“What happened? How could this spot beryllium similar this for the past 15 years and thing has happened, truthful I had to revoke it. When I revoked it, each kinds of calls came in, we can’t proceed this...