Former Minister of Aviation, Osita Chidoka, has criticized the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike, over his conduct towards a military officer during an enforcement exercise in Abuja.

The former minister said: “Any law enforcement officer, in uniform or plain clothes, represents the President and the sovereignty of the Nigerian state. To abuse such an officer is to diminish the authority of the Republic itself.”

“A formal communication to the Minister of Defence would have sufficed if the officers were acting unlawfully. Trading words with a uniformed officer corrodes discipline and confuses hierarchy.”

“Their responsibility was to extract their principal from a potentially dangerous situation, not to escalate it.”

For those who don’t know, Wike recently clashed with a military officer during an enforcement exercise in Abuja.

In a viral video Wike is seen engaging in a heated argument with some soldiers over access to a property within the territory.

The incident happened on Tuesday November 11th, 2025 when Wike and officials of the Federal Capital Territory Administration, FCTA, attempted to gain access to a disputed plot of land allegedly linked to former Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Awwal Zubairu Gambo (rtd).

In the video Wike is seen in a heated exchange with uniformed soldiers guarding the site, insisting that the developers lacked valid ownership or building approval.

When one of the soldiers resisted his directive, the minister, went angry and lashed out the officer.

He said: “Shut up! Keep quiet! You are a fool. As at the time I graduated, you were still in primary school… You send soldiers to intimidate who? We are all from this country… If not for the CDS who spoke to me now, you would have to kill everybody here.”