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Group rallies support for FCT minister, Wike

A group, under the umbrella of “Nigerians Patriotic Forum (NPF), indigenes of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja on Thursday stormed the National Assembly in a solidarity rally in support of the reforms carried out by the Minister of the FCT, Nyesom Wike, and declared their full support for his administration

The group in their numbers from the six area Ccouncils were armed with various placards urging the minister to continue with his good work within the nation’s Federal Capital Territory and its environments

Addressing the crowd at the gate of the National Assembly, the Chairman of the group, Aliyu Sani urged President Bola Tinubu to ignore calls from some quarters to sack the FCT Minister.

He expressed confidence in the minister and his team to restore Abuja to its original master plan and make it beautiful, clean and safe to all and sundry

The group said allegations of land grabbing and dispossessing people of their properties by Wike were false.

Such allegations, Sani said, were being propagated by interests who were benefitting from the corrupt system the minister was seeking to address.

According to him, “as you may be aware, a group of professional protesters operating under the auspices of The Network of Civil Societies for Economic Sustainability led some people to protest against the hardworking Minister of the FCT, Nyesom Wike. In their address, they alleged that Wike is undermining the ‘Renewed Hope’ agenda of President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

“They further alleged that the FCT under Wike has become the epicentre of controversy. They further questioned his land reforms and claimed that he was involved in land grabbing and dispossessing people of their properties. Nothing can be further from the truth, than this well-rehearsed and repeated falsehood.

“Keen followers of the dynamic leadership of His Excellency Nyesom Wike, are aware of his resolve to ensure that all title owners revalidate their Certificate of Occupancy (C of O) with new security features, which is the introduction of NIN for individuals and BVN for corporate bodies.

“It is in the public domain that since the coming of Wike as FCT Minister, he has been able to liaise with the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC), wherein they uncovered 189 fake companies that have been used to secure the allocation of choice lands in the Federal capital. This discovery has led to the arrest, detention and ongoing prosecution of two perpetrators of this crime.

“It is normal for corrupt individuals and land grabbers to sacrifice everything they have acquired to frustrate this laudable laudable initiative. We won’t be surprised if they further reinforce to cause anarchy in the city capital to derail this policy. The Honourable Minister who inherited the menace of ‘One Chance’ criminality in the FCT has come up with a workable solution to the problem, which includes rolling out buses and taxis to be driven by identified and well-profiled individuals.

“The political hirelings, who raised the weighty allegation that the administration of the FCT minister lacks accountability, failed to give one example speaking in innuendos. Our group have strong confidence in President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu who excelled with flying colours from Chicago State University to see the lies in the unsubstantiated claims of the group who are on a mission to remove a minister whom they see as an obstacle to their quest hide wealth that were acquired in corrupt and can’t be accounted for.

“The Patriotic Youth Forum wish to therefore pass a vote of confidence on His Excellency Nyesome Wike for the successes recorded so far. The Abuja original inhabitants are with him, they will stand by him and we are ever ready to come out to counter any protest aimed at tarnishing the hard-earned reputation of Wike, thereby dwindling his renewed vigour towards revitalising the nation’s capital.”

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