After destroying opposition, they now want to shoot journalists — ADC slams Tinubu govt

The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has condemned Nyesom Wike, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), for threatening to shoot Channels Television presenter Seun Okinbaloye.

DAILY POST had reported that Wike, while reacting to the journalist’s comment that a one-party system could destroy democracy in Nigeria, said, “If there was any way to break the screen (of the television), I would have shot him.”

ADC spokesman Bolaji Abdullahi, in a post on Saturday, described Wike’s remarks as “irresponsible and unacceptable,” adding that such behavior is a direct attack on freedom of speech.

He expressed concern that after undermining opposition parties, the President Bola Tinubu government is now…