Source: Africa Publicity
Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike, has been chased by angry workers who were protesting over unresolved welfare and salary issues.
Wike and his motorcade were chased in Abuja on Monday, January 26, 2026.
In a video that has since gone viral, the protesters were heard chanting and getting closer to vehicles in the minister’s convoy.
The striking workers backed by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), picketed at the National Industrial Court in Abuja on Monday as part of their ongoing indefinite strike.
The protesters are demanding the removal of FCT Minister Wike and payment of outstanding entitlements.
They carried placards reading “Wike must go!!”, “Abuja no be Rivers”, “Pay promotion arrears”, “Enough is Enough” and “No working tools” as they massed at the court entrance, witnesses and pictures from the scene showed.
The workers embarked on the strike over alleged unresolved welfare issues, including five months of unpaid salaries, long-outstanding promotion arrears, and poor working conditions.
Minister Wike dragged the striking unions before the National Industrial Court requesting an order to stop them from continuing with the strike action.
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