Wike Works for APC-Led Government, Says Basiru

The National Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Ajibola Basiru, has said that the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, works for the administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

Basiru clarified that although Wike is not a member of the APC, he serves under the APC-led Federal Government headed by Tinubu.

Speaking on TVC’s Beyond The Headlines, Basiru said the scale of infrastructural development recorded across the FCT in the past two and a half years significantly contributed to the party’s success in the recent local government elections in the territory.

He noted that the improvements were visible not only in urban centres but also in suburban communities, describing the minister’s performance as “sterling.”

According to him, Wike’s administrative efforts, combined with the party’s strategic engagement and careful selection of candidates with credible political track records across different parties, played a key role in the APC’s electoral victory in the FCT.

Basiru maintained that the effective delivery of democratic dividends under the current FCT administration could not be separated from the party’s success at the polls.

“Wike is not a member of our party, but he works for an APC government headed by Tinubu.

“When you see the massive infrastructural development that has occurred in the FCT, not only in the urban areas but even in the suburbs, in the past two and a half years, you’ll discover that the sterling performance of the FCT Minister, together with the engagement that our party has done and the careful selection of candidates who have a history of sterling performance across different political parties, have contributed to APC’s victory in the FCT local government elections.

“So you can’t discountenance effective administrative deployment of the dividends of democracy in the FCT under the present administration from the success of our party in that election,” he said.