Osun election: ‘Empty boast’ – Dele Momodu replies Wike

A chieftain of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, Dele Momodu, has replied to a connection made by the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, connected the precocious concluded Osun State governorship election.

Speaking during an interrogation connected News Central Television on Wednesday, Momodu described the connection arsenic “an bare boast.”

The curate had said helium would person been successful Osun State to assistance unafraid triumph for the All Progressives Congress, APC, if President Bola Tinubu had wanted the enactment to triumph the election.

Replying, Momodu said Wike’s power could not beryllium greater than that of the Senate President and respective governors who were incapable to unafraid the desired effect successful Osun State.

The steadfast of Ovation Magazine slammed the statement, describing it arsenic unfortunate, and warned that the minister’s rhetoric suggested a strategy of enforcement to guarantee APC victories successful the 2027 wide elections.

“I deliberation it was a precise unusual, uncommon and unfortunate connection for a curate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to make, but thing is beyond our friend, Wike, the FCT Minister.

“When I listened to him, I had to respond instantly due to the fact that I knew that was an bare boast. If helium had been successful Osun, helium would not person achieved anything.