Viral Tape Tension: Sowore fires back at Wike

Human rights activist and African Action Congress (AAC) presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, has accused the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, of threatening an Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) official during a by-election in 2016.

Sowore made the claim in a post on X (formerly Twitter), where he shared an old audio recording said to capture Wike making the threats.

In his post, Sowore described Wike as “a killer, drunkard, and land thief,” and alleged that the minister bribed INEC officials to rig the election in his favor. He also said Wike threatened to kill those officials if they refused.

Sowore further alleged that Wike recently threatened to assassinate him on behalf of President Bola Tinubu. According to him, “Wike has killed many people, stolen a lot, and escaped justice for too long.”

As at the time of this report, neither Wike nor INEC has responded to the allegations. The video of the alleged threat continues to spread online.