{"id":81061,"date":"2026-01-01T18:34:48","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T18:34:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=81061"},"modified":"2026-01-01T18:34:48","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T18:34:48","slug":"wike-mocks-bala-mohammed-over-super-powers-comment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2026\/01\/01\/wike-mocks-bala-mohammed-over-super-powers-comment\/","title":{"rendered":"Wike Mocks Bala Mohammed Over \u2018Super Powers\u2019 Comment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Onyeanya Ebere Immaculata<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has dismissed accusations by Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, urging him to \u201cface his problems with his super powers\u201d instead of dragging others into Bauchi\u2019s affairs.<br \/>\nWike spoke on Thursday during a \u201cthank you\u201d visit to Abua-Odual Local Government Area of Rivers State, reacting to comments by Mohammed on Channels Television\u2019s Sunrise Daily, where the Bauchi governor accused him of instigating crises in the state and recalled an alleged threat to \u201cput fire\u201d in Bauchi.<br \/>\nThe FCT minister described the claims as a blame game, saying Mohammed should address his political challenges rather than accuse others. He also alleged that the Bauchi governor previously interfered in Rivers politics by attempting to impose a party leader, warning that such actions had consequences.<br \/>\nWike insisted he had no interest in Bauchi State affairs, adding that his dealings with Mohammed were strictly within party leadership matters. He further challenged the governor to respond to allegations involving his associates and ongoing investigations by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.<br \/>\nOn accusations of questionable land deals in Abuja, Wike asked Mohammed, a former FCT minister, to account for his own tenure, accusing him of awarding contracts that were not completed.<br \/>\nAt the event, Abua-Odual council chairman, Owolobi Ofori, and other stakeholders pledged loyalty to President Bola Tinubu and Wike, assuring the minister of continued support from the area.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Onyeanya Ebere Immaculata The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has dismissed accusations by Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, urging him to \u201cface his problems with his super powers\u201d instead of dragging others into Bauchi\u2019s affairs. Wike spoke on Thursday during a \u201cthank you\u201d visit to Abua-Odual Local Government Area of Rivers [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":81062,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172,186],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-81061","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-politics"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81061","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81061"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81061\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81063,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81061\/revisions\/81063"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81062"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81061"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81061"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}