Wike’s ‘Nuisance Value’ Made Him Governor, Lere Olayinka Fires Back At ADC Chieftain  

Lere Olayinka, spokesman for the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has fired back at a chieftain of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Ibrahim Modibbo, after he described Wike’s recent media chat as being of “nuisance value.”

Modibbo made the comment while speaking on AIT’s Democracy Today on Friday, criticising the FCT Minister’s media engagement.

Responding to the ADC chieftain, Olayinka said Wike’s so-called “nuisance value” had, in fact, contributed to his political rise, pointing to his election as a local government chairman and subsequent two-term tenure as governor of Rivers State.

“I can also say that your coming here is of nuisance value. Wike’s nuisance value made him a local government chairman; that nuisance value made him governor for two terms. He won election twice.

“With his nuisance value, he said Atiku will not win in 2023, and he did not. But you that did not have nuisance value have not been governor or chairman. So, whose nuisance value is better?

“Nuisance value that made somebody a governor or the one that has not made you anything?” Olayinka said.