A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Dele Momodu, has tackled President Bola Tinubu for referring to some Nigerians as busybodies.
Tinubu, on Tuesday, urged the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, not to be distracted by “busybodies and naysayers” but to focus on his mandate to transform the nation’s capital.
However, Dele Momodu, in an interview with Channels TV on Wednesday, picked holes in President Tinubu’s comment.
According to the PDP chieftain, it is now looking like Tinubu and Wike are co-leading the country.
He said, “The President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, who has held Lagos since 1999 to date, has not been as audacious as Wike.
“In fact, right now, it’s looking like we have two Presidents in Nigeria.
“Wike can do anything. Yesterday, I listened to the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, the Commander-in-Chief, calling fellow Nigerians busybodies.
“You are calling Nigerians busybodies all because of Wike.”
He continued, “If you were in Wike’s shoes, you would dance more than he danced yesterday. I saw the expressions on the faces of the audience—they looked befuddled, like, ‘what is our country turning into?’ The man was dancing because he launched a conference centre reportedly built at a stupendous cost of over ₦30 billion.”
The PDP chieftain accused the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led government of enabling Wike’s actions, likening the situation to the minister’s time as governor of Rivers State.
“What Wike is doing is clearly being done with the backing of those at the top. It’s a rehash of what he did in Rivers,” Momodu added.
