‘It must be suspended’ — Ireti Kingibe faults Wike over area council elections curfew
[NigerianEye - Nigeria] - 20/02/2026
Ireti Kingibe, senator representing the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), has condemned the curfew imposed by Nyesom Wike, the FCT minister, ahead of Saturday’s area council elections. In a special broadcast on national television and radio stations on Thursday, Wike had declared Friday as a work-free day in the nation’s capital ahead of the council polls. He also announced a restriction of human and vehicular movement in the FCT from 8pm on Friday to 6pm on Saturday. However, in a statement on Friday by Matilda Duncan, her special assistant on media, Kingibe described Wike’s action as (…)
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