The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, has blamed opposition politicians for the Christian genocide allegation against President Bola Tinubu’s administration.
Wike also accused the opposition of planning to divide Nigerians along the country’s fault lines because of politics of 2027, having dawned on them that they cannot defeat President Tinubu in the 2027 election.
The FCT Minister who made the claim on Monday during an appearance on Politics Today on Channels Television, also said that the allegation being amplified globally, including by U.S. President Donald Trump, was politically motivated and aimed at destabilising the government of the day.
“In 2015 under Jonathan, people capitalised on this kind of things to get power,” Wike said.
When asked directly if he believed the opposition was responsible for the Christian genocide allegation, the minister replied, “It’s very obvious.”
He explained that the political opposition had grown desperate following what he described as the “collapse” of their political base.
“The problem we have today is that, by Mr President’s nature of politics, you can see the collapse of the opposition,” Wike said.
He noted that some opposition figures were deliberately exploiting religion to sow division and weaken national unity ahead of 2027.
“There are so many undercurrents going on. The opposition has seen that, with the way it is, no party is prepared to challenge the President’s return to power. What do we do? Should we allow him to just go in like that without challenges? We must do something,” Wike said.
“And one of it is to bring up something that will divide the country. This is politics taken too far,” he added.
