{
  "id": 8093308,
  "title": "We won’t tolerate Wike calling our govs lazy 419 – APC chieftain, Farouk Aliyu",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/we-wont-tolerate-wike-calling-our-govs-lazy-419-apc-chieftain-farouk",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-17T20:18:39.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Post Nigeria",
    "slug": "daily-post-nigeria",
    "url": "https://dailypost.ng/2026/09/17/we-wont-tolerate-wike-calling-our-govs-lazy-419-apc-chieftain-farouk-aliyu/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "All Progressives Congress, APC, leader Farouk Aliyu has warned the party will not accept FCT Minister Nyesom Wike branding their governors as \"lazy 419ers.\" Aliyu made this statement during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today, responding to the recent disagreement between Wike and the APC governors. The issue arose when the APC governors, under Imo State Governor Hope Uzodimma, refused to support any alliance that could impact President Bola Tinubu’s re-election in the 2027 elections, pledging allegiance to the party. However, Wike countered by labeling the APC governors as \"politically lazy\" on Arise Television’s ‘Prime Time’ program. Aliyu firmly stated that the APC will not abide by Wike’s derogatory terms, emphasizing that the party cannot align with any coalition that compromises the vote for Tinubu and another political party. Aliyu emphasized, \"We in APC reject this name calling by Wike, calling our governors ‘Lazy, 419.’ Wike cannot decide for us how we run our campaigns, and it is totally unacceptable for us to any coalition in such a way that, vote for Tinubu and another party. No, no. So it is very, very uncalled for someone that is trying to help us now to be insulting members of our party.\"",
  "summary": "Former Minority Leader of the House Of Representatives and an All Progressives Congress, APC, chieftain, Farouk Aliyu, says the party will not tolerate the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, calling their governors ‘lazy 419ers.’ Aliyu gave the warning on Thursday while fielding questions in an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today. He was reacting to the recent […] We won’t tolerate Wike…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Daily Post Nigeria",
        "title": "Tinubu not happy with Wike for attacking APC governors – Farouk",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/tinubu-not-happy-with-wike-for-attacking-apc-governors-farouk",
        "published": "2026-09-17T08:33:17.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}