{"id":236399,"date":"2025-10-09T11:03:38","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T11:03:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.name.ng\/news\/breaking-wike-allegedly-stopped-from-conducting-monthly-press-briefings\/"},"modified":"2025-10-09T11:03:38","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T11:03:38","slug":"breaking-wike-allegedly-stopped-from-conducting-monthly-press-briefings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/breaking-wike-allegedly-stopped-from-conducting-monthly-press-briefings\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Wike Allegedly Stopped from Conducting Monthly Press Briefings"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Presidency has reportedly stopped the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, from holding his monthly press briefings, following growing concerns over his recent public conduct and the potential impact of his remarks on the fragile peace in Rivers State.<\/p>\n

The decision was reportedly taken after top government officials expressed unease that Wike\u2019s media sessions had become increasingly confrontational and politically charged, often featuring threats and inflammatory statements directed at perceived opponents.<\/p>\n

One presidency source said the move was also influenced by fears that Wike\u2019s continued verbal attacks on political figures from Rivers State could reignite the tensions that have only recently begun to ease.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne of the reasons for the ban is that in Rivers State, relative calm is returning after Wike successfully lobbied President Tinubu <\/a>to declare a state of emergency when he was denied access to Rivers\u2019 treasury by Governor Sim Fubara,\u201d Leaders.ng quoted the source.<\/p>\n

Another senior aide was quoted as saying that Wike\u2019s repeated outbursts, particularly against Rivers elders who had attempted to mediate the dispute between him and Governor Fubara, had raised concerns within the president\u2019s camp about the risk of renewed unrest in the state.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe president\u2019s team is worried that Wike\u2019s outbursts, especially toward those elders, could plunge the state into another political crisis,\u201d the aide said.<\/p>\n

Despite the alleged directive, sources said the minister is resisting the decision and has reportedly reached out to the president\u2019s Chief of Staff, Femi Gbajabiamila, urging him to intervene and have the ban lifted.<\/p>\n

The feud between Wike and Governor Fubara became a major political flashpoint earlier in 2025, culminating in President Bola Tinubu\u2019s declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers State\u2014a move later endorsed by the National Assembly.<\/p>\n

The reported suspension of Wike\u2019s briefings also comes amid lingering allegations of corruption and misconduct. Media reports have linked the minister to the secret purchase of three lakeside properties in Winter Springs, Florida, allegedly through large cash transactions. The properties were said to have later been transferred to his children via quitclaim deeds.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe optics are perilous for our government. A minister who cannot be controlled is painful for the presidency,\u201d one official was quoted as saying.<\/p>\n

Officials, however, clarified that Wike will still be allowed to appear before vetted media platforms when necessary, but his regular monthly briefings have been suspended indefinitely.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Presidency has reportedly stopped the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, from holding his monthly press briefings, following growing concerns over his recent public conduct and the potential impact of his remarks on the fragile peace in Rivers State. The decision was reportedly taken after top government officials expressed unease that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":236400,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-236399","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/wike-1.webp.webp","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236399","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=236399"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236399\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/236400"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=236399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=236399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=236399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}