The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) senator, Ireti Kingibe, has come under fire from FCT Minister Nyesom Wike’s spokesperson, Lere Olayinka, for remarks she made recently regarding his principal.
In a recent interview with Channels TV, Kingibe accused Wike of behaving like an emperor and declared that the people of the Federal Capital Territory would band together to express their disapproval of him during the local government area elections that are planned for early next year. Read here.
In response to her remarks, Olayinka issued a statement urging Kingibe to stop ‘’acting immorally, to be more modest, and to consider the well-being of her legislative assistants, many of whom have quit because their salaries and benefits have not been paid for up to six months.”
He declared that his principal would not be available to serve as a springboard for Senator Ireti Kingibe’s waning political career.
Olayinka stated that it was amusing that the person discussing someone treating others with disrespect is Senator Ireti Kingibe, who he alleges treats her personal aides like slaves and has refused to give them their salaries.
“As at today, we know how many of Senator Ireti Kingibe’s aides that have resigned owing to non-payment of their salary and immoral acts.
We know one of her aides, who resigned because she allegedly had an immoral relationship with her boyfriend. We also know what strained her relationship with her third husband, Ambassador Gana Kingibe, a former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF). But we will keep our gunpowder dry for now.
However, Senator Ireti Kingibe should tell the people of FCT what she did with the an ‘envelop of N3 billion’ that was awarded her last year and how many contracts for constituency projects she has sold for between 15 and 20 percent of the contract value.
As for the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, he will not be distracted by someone like Senator Ireti Kingibe, who has no other credible identity to present herself with, except the name of someone he is no longer married to.
The Minister will continue to bring infrastructural developments to both the FCT city center and satellite towns. Just last week Friday, commissioning of 16 projects to commemorate the second year of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration was concluded, and by this time next year, more projects would have been commissioned.”
