Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, on Thursday accused the National Chairman of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, of travelling from Abuja to Benue State through helicopter due to bad roads when he was the Senate President.
Mark was the Senate President for eight years during the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan.
Wike said under Mark’s leadership, the roads from Abuja to his hometown of Otukpo were so deplorable that he chose to use helicopter as his means of travel.
Wike spoke during the commissioning of interchange at Arterial Road N16 – Ring Road III Intersection linking Jahi District to Gwarimpa District of the FCT.
The project was among those earmarked to celebrate President Bola Tinubu’s third year anniversary and he was represented at the commissioning by the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio.
Wike said: “Let me say to the National Chairman of ADC, I don’t know which of the factions, but I know that David Mark is the Chairman of one of the factions.
“He was a two-time Senate President, that is about eight good years uninterrupted and the roads from Akwanga to Makurdi was awarded when he was the Senate President, the poor people could not afford to go home in Makurdi, why? There was no road.
“Mark who is not the Chairman of the ADC was flying with helicopter, how many poor people have helicopters? But today with this administration we can now drive freely to Makurdi.
“The Chairman of the faction of ADC, Mark can now see
