Aisha Yesufu Replies Wike Over Comments On Her Election Loss

Activist and politician, Aisha Yesufu, has fired back at the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, over comments allegedly mocking her political ambition and reported loss in a senatorial primary election.

Wike, during a public event in Rivers State on Saturday, was reported to have ridiculed Yesufu over her inability to secure the senatorial ticket of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), while also stating that “real politics” goes beyond media engagement and public commentary.

In a swift reaction via her official X handle, Yesufu challenged the minister to directly mention her name if his comments were indeed directed at her.

“If dem born Wike well, make e call my name with his full chest! What Tambuwal did him in 2022 will be child’s play,” she wrote.

The activist also revisited Wike’s political history, referencing his defeat during the 2022 Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential primary, where he failed to secure the party’s ticket.

She further alleged that the minister had lobbied for the vice-presidential slot after the primaries but was not selected.

“The man that could not win primaries in 2022, even lobbied for running mate and still was not chosen, then ran to do boi boi for a fellow man like him and ended up destroying a party that was once largest in Africa,” she added.

Yesufu insisted that she would not tolerate being publicly ridiculed, warning that she would respond more directly if her name was openly mentioned.

“Let me wait make the man get liver mention name! Then the man doing boi boi because he has to be in power to have authority will know those of us from Kukuruku empire of Edo State in South South no dey grovel,” she stated.