By Pascal Ibe

Claim

A circulating video of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, stating that the All Progressives Congress (APC), has become a threat to him, with X users claiming that this clip was recent amid the ongoing feud between Wike and Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State.

Verdict

This claim is MISLEADING. Investigation showed that the video was from September 2025 during the emergency rule in Rivers and NOT recent.

Full Text

Amid the ongoing political tension in Rivers State between Wike and Governor Fubara, since November last year, some leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have called for the resignation of Wike as minister.

The call followed a warning by Wile to the APC secretary, Ajibola Basiru, to steer clear of Rivers State politics.

Wile and Fubara had been in a protracted political feud shortly after the end of the six-month emergency rule imposed in Rivers by Tinubu in March 2025.

The reignited tensions in the oil-rich state followed accusations from Wile and his loyalists in the Rivers State House of Assembly that Fubara reneged on the agreement reached between him and the FCT minister, which Tinubu supervised in June last year.

Since this year, Wile had during his various tours in 22 of 23 Local Government Areas of Rivers, made it clear that Governor Fubara, who was first elected in 2023 on the platform of the People’s Democratic Party, but defected to the APC in December, last year, will not go for a second term in 2027.

As the political crisis between Wike, his allies in the state assembly, and Fubara persists, a barrage of misinformation relating to the matter has been flying around.

The video of the FCT minister lamenting during a media briefing that the APC has become a threat to him in the state, circulated a few days ago, with some X users claiming that the video was recent.

In the clip, Wike also talked about how the number of Rivers residents appointed to various federal government positions increased.

One of the X users, Port Harcourt Socials shared the clip with a caption that reads, “The APC is a threat to me in Rivers State” —Wike

The post had already generated thousands of views, hundreds of reposts, and reactions.

READ ALSO: Did Wike threaten to resign if Tinubu fails to protect him, amid feud with Fubara?

Verification

A keyword search of what was said in the clip led FACTWATCH Nigeria to the same video which first appeared online on 1 September last year.

We found out this was during Wike’s monthly media chat when Governor Fubara and the FCT minister made a deal towards the end of the emergency rule.

At that time, some media organizations published this video here and here.

This Fact Checker also noted that the FCT minister was reacting to the Rivers local government elections which were held in the state in the previous month(August), in which the APC candidates won in almost all the council areas in the state.

With this, Wike believes that the APC having a bigger hand in that council election means that being a chieftain of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), the ruling party has posed a big threat to him in Rivers.

Conclusion

Governor Fubara’s defection to the APC in December last year, while Wile remained a factional member of the PDP, amid their ongoing feud, was one of the reasons for this video to resurface and the claim was based on.

However, the clip is not recent.