Following the viral confrontation between FCT Minister Nyesom Wike and military personnel over a property demolition attempt, public reaction has shifted, with many commentators asserting that the popular “support” for the soldiers is not an endorsement of military control, but a rebuke of the Minister’s conduct.
The sentiment, captured by a widely shared comment from user “@OurFavOnlineDoc,” clarifies that the online jubilation is not about “supporting the Army” or celebrating the military preventing a government agency from performing its duties of inspection and regulation.
Instead, the core of the public’s satisfaction centres on the perceived humiliation of Minister Wike.
“People are happy because a well-known power-crazed drunken lunatic politician tried to humiliate a young military officer (who has done him no wrong) and in the end, it was the politician himself who got humiliated and disgraced,” stated the trending opinion.
Critics argue that Wike, widely known for his forceful political style, chose a path of confrontation instead of established legal channels. The commentator suggested that the Minister “could have left the scene calmly and approached the courts to report the alleged illegality by the military brass.”
The prevailing view online is that Wike’s actions at the scene, shouting obscenities and escalating the tension, amounted to him reducing himself to a “street thug.”
The sentiment concludes with a firm condemnation of the Minister’s approach: “This politician was wrong in this case. He was a thoughtless, power-drunk moron who deserved the televised humiliation he got. And no amount of gaslighting will retell the story or rewrite the facts.”
The incident has therefore become less about the legality of the property ownership and more about a politician’s use of power, with the public applauding the military officer’s discipline as a necessary check on perceived political overreach and arrogance.
