Breaking: Wike Releases Fresh Warning to Sowore, "Last Kick of a Dying Horse"
- FCT Minister’s aide Lere Olayinka dismissed Omoyele Sowore’s claim that President Tinubu and Nyesom Wike plotted to assassinate him, calling it “mind games"
- Olayinka urged Sowore to face his ongoing criminal trial, saying any threat to his life would come from those he had allegedly blackmailed, not national leaders
- He described Sowore’s criticism of Wike as “the last kick of a dying horse,” insisting the activist was haunted by his own controversies
FCT, Abuja - The Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and Social Media to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Lere Olayinka, has dismissed allegations by activist and SaharaReporters publisher, Omoyele Sowore, that President Bola Tinubu and Minister Nyesom Wike were plotting to assassinate him.
Sowore vs Wike: What transpired?
The issue started after Wike fired a shot at Sowore, following his recent comment on President Bola Tinubu.
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The politician in a tweet on August 25, described the Nigerian president as a "criminal", alleging that Tinubu, during his visit to Brazil, claimed that there was no corruption in Nigeria.
After Sowore's claim, the Department of State Services filed a criminal suit against the former presidential candidate, for defamation, alleging that he made a false statement against the president and breached Nigeria's Cybercrimes and Terrorism Prevention laws.
Reacting to the scenario on Thursday, September 18, the FCT Minister, while speaking at the flag off of the construction of Arterial Road N1 in Wuye, described the former presidential candidate as being "lucky" that President Tinubu respected the rule of law, adding that he may not be lucky with someone else being a president.
Soon after Wike's reaction, Sowore made a series of posts via social media, calling Wike a criminal and alleging that the minister plans to assassinate him.
Wike says Sowore playing mind games
Responding in a statement issued on Saturday, September 20, in Abuja, Olayinka described the claims as “mind games” and a tactic by Sowore to sustain his lifestyle.
He insisted that neither the President nor the FCT Minister had any reason to target the activist, Vanguard reported.
Wike's aide asks Sowore to face his trial
In the view of Olayinka, Sowore should be concentrating on his current criminal trial instead of "recklessly dragging national leaders" into the fray.
He said:
"If any harm befalls Sowore's life, it should be from those whom he has blackmailed. President Tinubu and the FCT Minister should be spared the effects of his lifestyle that are about to unfold."
Criticism of Wike called last kick of a dying horse
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The minister's spokesperson also applied Sowore's recent verbal attacks on Wike as "the last kick of a dying horse" and an attempt to "play the victim" before the reality of his court cases catching up to him.
"All his theatrics that he has been peddling about Wike in the past 48 hours are all just part of his games of the mind. He knows the seriousness of the allegations leveled against him," Olayinka went on to state.
Olayinka stressed that the activist’s claims of an assassination plot were baseless, saying Sowore was being haunted by his own record of controversies rather than by government leaders.
Wike defends Fubara's absence in Rivers
Legit.ng earlier reported that FCT Minister Nyesom Wike has explained that there is no law that compelled Governor Siminalayi Fubara to resume immediately.
Wike made the comment while reacting to the controversies surrounding why the governor did not resume after President Bola Tinubu lifted the suspension on him.
President Tinubu on Wednesday suspended the state of emergency earlier declared in Rivers and ordered the governor to return to power.
Source: Legit.ng
