Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike has criticised the presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, Peter Obi over his claim to modesty.
Wike, who spoke on Tuesday during an engagement with Rivers State youths ahead of the 2027 elections, described Obi’s practice of celebrating birthdays at Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs, camps and buying roasted corn by the roadside as fake.
According to the minister, Obi, who served as governor of Anambra State for eight years, did not demonstrate such modesty while in office.
Wike alleged that Obi’s public display of modesty was part of a political strategy aimed at winning votes in the forthcoming presidential election.
He said, "Make him the president of social media so that he can be going to IDP camps, so that he will be buying corn on the road then you will say oh! Very humble. Humble where?
"It's fake. Who are you going to deceive? When you were a governor, you didn't go to the IDP camp to do your birthday, you didn't go to buy fuel by yourself, all of a sudden, just because you want to be president you are now going. Who are you going to deceive?"