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FLASHBACK: Wike's 2016 Threat To INEC Official, 'Kill Anyone' Comment To Fayose Resurface After His Threat To Shoot Channels TV’s Okinbaloye

In December 2016, SaharaReporters reported how Wike, then as Rivers State Governor, was caught on tape as he held telephone conversations with INEC officials, political thugs, youth groups, and community representatives handpicked by him.

In the telephone conversations, exclusively obtained by SaharaReporters, Wike was arranging payments to the officials in exchange for their help in rigging legislative elections in the state.

The telephone conversations revealed Wike arranging with INEC officials, particularly those sent from Anambra and Plateau states, who were paid in batches to rig the election for candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Etche, Khana, Ikwerre, and other key local government areas in the state, where Wike and his supporters boasted they would overwhelm opponents with violence.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bs4b_hC90PM

One of Wike’s phone calls went to a female INEC official who was complaining that the money offered by Wike was not sufficient for the rigging task.

An infuriated Wike told the woman that he had already paid the electoral coordinator in Plateau State.

At one point in the conversation, when Wike was told that one of the electoral officers was reluctant to sign one of the result sheets, Wike threatened to demand his money back from the recalcitrant official.

Then, as if not satisfied with his threat to collect back his money, Wike voiced his intent to kill the official, stating that the man would not leave Rivers State alive.

In the audio, Wike was informed that an Electoral Officer posted from Plateau State refused to counter-sign the electoral materials in order to collect the bribe he was disbursing.

In response, he said, "Don't worry, I will call the Plateau man now. I will tell him, if he does not return my this thing, I will deal with you."

When the person on the call with him said, "No, let him just sign, that is all," Wike said, "No, if it is that one, he should return whatever... I'm going to make sure that I kill him in this state. Just don't worry."

Wike then called one of his thugs identified as Owoh, and said, "Call that coordinator of Plateau, the man in Etche (Local Government Area), that I said he should warn his man in Khana (Local Government Area), that if he does rubbish, he should refund what we gave. That if he tries it, I will make sure that he never leaves this state.

"Tell him that he should warn him, if he is playing with people he thinks that he will collect that and begin to do rubbish, tell him that I said that they will see what I will do to him, if that is how they do.”

"In fact, call the three coordinators, that I said they should tell their people. If they want to joke with me, disturb me, I will kill them in this place before they leave, or they should return what I gave or I will kill them," he added.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVFsgkzxizI

On December 19, 2016, The PUNCH reported how Wike told the former governor of Ekiti State, Ayo Fayose, how he used his office to influence the election rerun in his state (Rivers).

In the leaked audio, he told Fayose to kill anybody he could.

In what appeared to be a brazen display of disregard for state institutions, both politicians were heard ridiculing the Nigerian Army in crude terms during the exchange.

The two men, members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), were elected on the party’s platform.

The election in question was reportedly marred by widespread violence and irregularities, with at least three people confirmed dead.

In one of the leaked audio recordings, Wike was heard boasting about his role during the rerun, while Fayose praised him for confronting what he described as military intimidation.

The conversation included the following exchange:

Wike: “Ayodele, my son!”

Fayose: “You think I’m a Nigerian Army member?”

Wike: “Nigerian Army does not exist again now!”

Fayose: “Ah, Wike, you tried!”

Wike: (Laughter)

Fayose: “Everybody has been calling me! Wike, you are the man! You faced the whole country’s military threat…”

Wike: (Laughter)

Fayose: “They were shooting when you went o..!”

Wike: “My brother, you have to fight to the last o…! Kill everybody you can kill… Everybody you can kill!”

Fayose: “Ah! You’re the man of the year! This one is too much for one person! Everyone couldn’t know the way forward!”

Wike: (Laughter)

Fayose: “You went to the collation centre!”

Wike: “Yes, I had to stop there!”

Fayose: “Eh! The video is all over now! See the way they’re shooting!”

Wike: (Laughter)

Fayose: “All over! Aaaargh! Congrats!”

Wike: “My brother, thank God for everything. It is God.”

Fayose: “I’m sure we are still going to go to court against them for the other one.”

Wike: “Of course. Of course! We’ll fight it out!”

Fayose: “You’ve done well for all of us!”

Wike: “We thank God, my brother!”

Fayose: “I’ll call you later.”

Wike: “Okay.”

Some Elder Statesmen from Bonny kingdom, serenades FCT Minister Wike with praises through his picture...

This is Rivers State 2026...
Okotomeow ☺️😋😋 pic.twitter.com/eCQjWTPzXN

— OBA OF P.H 👑 (@obaofph01) April 6, 2026

truthera:
Fayose: “Eh! The video is all over now! See the way they’re shooting!”
Wike: (Laughter)
Fayose: “All over! Aaaargh! Congrats!”

Wike: “My brother, thank God for everything. It is God.”

Benbellamor:
It was a fake audio, we have exposed superimposition in the voice note...Sahara reporters are blackmailers

Odin13:
The occultist calling God like say he knows him

Wike is a killer

Never knew Fayose has always been his son in the underworld

Nigeria will swallow all of them someday.. he wants power.. 😂
What will wipe his generation..

Time will reveal more

anonimi:
No room for Wike, Fayose in PDP again —Sheriff

Also reacting to the judgment, its apparent beneficiary, Senator Sheriff, vowed to put in place a machinery that would not give room to people like Governors Nyesom Wike and Ayodele Fayose of Rivers and Ekiti states, respectively in any future arrangement in the party.

“I will engineer a restructuring of PDP such that characters like Wike and Fayose cannot find a way through to attain any position of prominence in our party in the future. They have brought shame and agony through the application of their crude and godless politics which is at variance with the principles upon which our founding fathers built our great party.

“We must find a way to sieve things so that only men of character and integrity can come through for positions of responsibility at all levels of our political engagement in the country.

“We must urgently steer the ship of PDP clear of the path of infamy which Wike and Fayose has brought our party, making Nigerians to mistaken PDP as a training ground for thugs. That is the urgent task we have. We cannot continue to advertise thug brand and expect Nigerians to take us seriously,” he said.


https://tribuneonlineng.com/no-room-wike-fayose-pdp-sheriff-%E2%80%A2well-fight-end-pdp-govs/

Benbellamor:
It was a fake audio, we have exposed superimposition in the voice note...Sahara reporters are blackmailers

iwaeda:
Wike Boasts Of Helping APC Use Judiciary To Kill Osun LG Funds Case, Warns Party Leaders Against Ingratitude

Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has openly boasted that he assisted certain elements within the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in deploying the judiciary to frustrate the Osun State local government allocation lawsuit.

In a video now circulating widely on social media and obtained by SaharaReporters, Wike made the claim while addressing a crowd in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.

The former Rivers governor accused the APC National Secretary, Senator Ajibola Basiru, of benefitting from judicial actions against the Osun State Government without knowing those who did the work behind the scenes.

The suit in question led to the withholding of local government funds in Osun State, a development widely seen as targeting the administration of Governor Ademola Adeleke as opposition in the state.

Wike, who spoke angrily, suggested that the court action supporting the APC’s position against the Osun government did not happen by chance, boasting that powerful political forces worked quietly to ensure the outcome.

“Don’t take our support for Mr President for granted,” Wike warned, in an apparent message to APC leaders defending Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara. “You have to be careful about the statements you make. You have to be very careful.”

He accused Basiru of political ingratitude, claiming the APC was enjoying in Osun State without understanding who engineered their advantage.

“Today, you are enjoying in Osun. You don’t know those who did the work,” Wike said. “You are opening your mouth to talk about Rivers State.”

https://saharareporters.com/2026/01/08/wike-boasts-helping-apc-use-judiciary-kill-osun-lg-funds-case-warns-party-leaders

Minister Wike has warned the National Secretary of the APC, Ajibola Basiru to stay clear of Rivers State.
Lol 😆 https://t.co/sNKjJfb8qn pic.twitter.com/E9SgSwASil

— Emma ik Umeh (Tcee )🇳🇬 (@emmaikumeh) January 5, 2026

bolaayenimo:
Wike should be in jail by now but as long as he is doing Tinubu’s bidding, he is fine

chisomkachy:
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has withdrawn the alleged money laundering suit it filed at the Federal High Court against Lagos Speaker Mudashiru Ajayi Obasa.

Naija News understands that the anti-graft did not give any particular reason for its application for withdrawal.

Following the application to withdraw, Justice Nicholas Oweibo discharged the ‘lien/Post No Debit’ placed on Obasa’s three accounts in Standard Chartered Bank.

The accounts are (US Dollars) 0001852063; (Current) 0001852056 and (Saving) 5002309624.

The judge also set aside the ex-parte orders he made on September 15, 2020, which led to the freezing of the accounts.

Recall that the court on September 15, 2020, granted an interim order freezing Obasa’s accounts following the EFCC’s application in a suit marked FHC/LCS/1064/2020.

The agency had said it was investigating the Speaker for the alleged offences of conspiracy, diversion of funds, abuse of office and money laundering.

But Justice Oweibo, on August 16, 2023, heard the application to unfreeze the accounts in his chamber.

During the hearing, the EFCC was represented by Mr. Sulaiman I. Sulaiman, while Obasa was represented by Mr. Adeyinka Olumide-Fusika (SAN).

The EFCC lawyer told the court that the application to unfreeze the accounts was pursuant to Section 44(2)(K) of the 1999 Constitution (as amended) and Sections 26, 29 and 34 (1) of the EFCC (Establishment) Act, 2004, and under the court’s inherent jurisdiction.

Section 44 of the Constitution concerns constitutional rights to property.

Justice Oweibo held: “It is hereby ordered that an order is hereby granted to the respondent/applicant setting aside the ex-parte orders of this court made on the 15th day of September 2020 upon the ex-parte motion of the Applicant/ Respondent in relation the funds of the Respondent/Applicant domiciled in the accounts stated in the following schedule:

“ACCOUNT NAME, FINANCIAL ACCOUNT INSTITUTIONS, TYPE OF ACCOUNT, 1. Mudasiru Ajayi Obasa, Standard Chartered, (US Dollars) 0001852063 2. Mudasiru Ajayi Obasa, Standard Chartered (Current) 0001852056 3. Mudashiru Ajayi Obasa, Standard Chartered (Saving) 5002309624.

“Issued at Lagos, under the seal of this Honourable Court and by the hands of the Presiding Judge this 16th day of August 2023.”

https://dailytimesng.com/obasa-efcc-withdraws-suit/

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https://wap.nairaland.com/6167844/lagos-assembly-speaker-obasa-efcc#94728150

https://www.nairaland.com/6168612/obasa-court-orders-efcc-freeze#94741534

Some Elder Statesmen from Bonny kingdom, serenades FCT Minister Wike with praises through his picture...

This is Rivers State 2026...
Okotomeow ☺️😋😋 pic.twitter.com/eCQjWTPzXN

— OBA OF P.H 👑 (@obaofph01) April 6, 2026

Progress255:
Nigerian politicians are same

MEGAWATCH:
I'm still wondering why the opposition parties have not finished Wike's political career with all these his anti democratic behaviour?

They are giving him a lot of respect because by now, there should have been a lot of travel restrictions around Wike and his family across the world.


🔥🔥🔥🔥

datola:
He's not called wicked Wike for a joke

anonimi:
Wike lobbied PDP committee to be Atiku’s running mate – Ex-gov’ship aspirant

Thu, 29 Sep 2022 14:33:04 WAT

Muazu Magaji, a former governorship aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party in Kano State, has alleged that the Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, lobbied members of the party’s committee constituted to advise the presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, on the choice of his running mate.

Magaji disclosed this while speaking on Channels TV’s Sunrise Daily, on Thursday.

The Kano politician also argued that there was no proof that Atiku promised Wike the vice president position as claimed.

The PDP committee had recommended the Governor of Delta State, Ifeanyi Okowa; Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Udom Emmanuel and Wike.

The committee, however, scored Wike above the other two contenders but Atiku decided to settle for Okowa. A decision that has since unsettled Wike’s camp.

Magaji, however, claimed that Wike lobbied to be scored ahead of others, adding that the Rivers State governor should not be trusted with important positions in the country.

https://dailytrust.com/wike-lobbied-pdp-committee-to-be-atikus-running-mate-ex-govship-aspirant/

ddippset:
Says a man who hijacked the party and singlehandedly produced the last 4 National Chairmen of the party for his own selfishness.

Says a man who accepted nomination to be running mate to Fulani Atiku.
He knew it was injustice to give Atiku the ticket yet he lobbied to be the VP.


He knew the party had to go South for the 2023 election, yet he still put Secondus as National Chaiman just to hijack the party..
Only to push Secondus out because he wanted the ticket 2023.

This man remains the biggest problem of PDP.

He can only deceive and fool his minions, not reasonable people.