The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has taken a swipe at activist Aisha Yesufu following her reported failure to secure the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) senatorial ticket in the FCT.

Wike, speaking at a luncheon for candidates of the Rainbow Coalition in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, mocked Yesufu for what he described as her inability to win even a party primary.

According to him, critics who often speak boldly on social and traditional media should also be able to test their popularity in political contests.

“There’s one woman who said Wike is an appointee of government and that she has no business with appointees. You speak grammar, speak grammar,” Wike said.

“Ordinary primary of NDC, not APC or PDP, just ordinary NDC, what happened? She didn’t make it.”

He added that it is easy for people to make statements from media platforms without facing real electoral tests.

“It’s easy for people to talk. When they enter media houses, they begin to churn out data from nowhere. Now, the time for data has come. What happened? ‘Fa fa fa foul. It didn’t work,’” he added.