Activist Omoyele Sowore, on Tuesday called the Federal Capital Territory Minister, Nyesom Wike a ‘foolish man’ over his comments on insecurity and recent kidnapping of school children in Oyo state.
The minister while addressing members of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), FCT Wing who stormed the FCTA Secretariat, protesting the abduction and killing of teachers and students in Oyo and parts of the country, had stated that the Federal Government was on its toes to rescue the schoolchildren and their teachers and that Nigerians should not politicize insecurity.
His words, “We are all concerned about this security situation. Whether we like it or not, the government is on its toes to ensure that those who were kidnapped are rescued.
”I have the confidence that security agencies will do all they can to make sure the teachers and the students are rescued alive and safe,.
“School children and teachers were being kidnapped in different parts of the country, but nobody took to the streets to protest, why is the Oyo incident different.
”Let me say this clearly, I don’t like politicising anything that happens. We have said here that teachers are being kidnapped in other states before; why was there no protest in Abuja?
”Does it mean that the teachers in Abuja are not important? We are all concerned, but let us not politicise issues; that’s what I will not support.
Reacting to the minister’s statement while fielding questions from journalists, sowore described it as ‘foolish’.
“Wike is a foolishman and I am saying that in front of his office. He is lucky I didn’t meet him here when he was saying that. How can you say that you should not politicise insecurity when he himself is a product of the politics of insecurity”, Sowore queried.
