Senator Adolphus Wabara, the former Senate President and Chairman of the Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has stated that he will not respond to the derogatory comments made by the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, about him.
Wike, in a national television interview over the weekend, criticized Wabara’s leadership of the PDP, saying that if Wabara were his father, he would have disowned him.
Wike remarked, “If he were my father or related to me, I would have disowned him. He doesn’t qualify to be. No wonder President Obasanjo made a presidential broadcast under his tenure about corruption. That’s the man leading the PDP BoT.”
In response to Wike’s remarks, Senator Wabara, speaking as an elder statesman, emphasized that it would be beneath his dignity to engage in a public war of words with the FCT Minister.
While expressing disappointment over Wike’s comments, Wabara suggested that as a government official and former governor, Wike should exercise more restraint in his speech.
“As a Minister of the Federal Republic and a former Governor, he should show more respect for the position he holds,” Wabara said.
“It is disgraceful for someone of his stature to speak without decorum.”
Wabara also condemned the minister’s words as immature, comparing them to “gibberish like a broken water pipe without a tap.”
He expressed that a man in Wike’s position should be more thoughtful and factual in his statements.
The former Senate President distanced himself from any allegations of corruption, asserting, “I am not corrupt. I, Adolphus Wabara, am not corrupt.”
He also challenged Wike to clarify what wrong he had done to him if he was truly deserving of such harsh words.
“I won’t dignify him by joining issues with him,” Wabara added. “For a son to disown his father, the father must have done something terribly wrong. I leave it for Wike to explain what it is that I did to him.”
Wabara reaffirmed his commitment to upholding respect for elders and refraining from engaging in unproductive exchanges.
