Wike Apologises To First Lady Over Rivers Women’s Walkout, Calls Incident ‘Embarrassing’

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has criticised a group of women who walked out during an empowerment event organised by First Lady Senator Oluremi Tinubu in Port Harcourt, calling the act “disturbing and embarrassing.”

The protest happened on Friday at the EUI Event Centre and was allegedly led by women loyal to the suspended Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara.

Some of the protesters, said to include sacked local government vice chairpersons, left the venue while chanting pro-Fubara slogans.

They demanded that Governor Fubara’s wife, Valerie, address them instead of the wife of the state’s administrator, Mrs Theresa Ibas. Despite the protest, the event continued inside, with Mrs Ibas speaking on behalf of the First Lady.

Reacting to the incident in a statement released on Saturday through his Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and Social Media, Lere Olayinka, Minister Wike, currently on official engagements in China, expressed disappointment over what he termed a “show of shame.”

“This incident is very disturbing and embarrassing,” Wike stated. “An insult on anyone representing the First Lady of Nigeria at an event is a direct insult on the office of the President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. As a leader in Rivers State, I apologise.”

The event, part of the Renewed Hope Initiative, was aimed at empowering 500 women across Rivers State with support items and training. The programme is a collaboration between the Office of the First Lady and the Office of the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

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