Nigeria, Jan. 26 -- A member of the House of Representatives, Solomon Bob (PDP, Rivers), has criticised President Bola Tinubu's Special Adviser on Policy Communication, Daniel Bwala, for allegedly distorting facts while making comments on the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike and the raging political crisis in Rivers State.

Mr Bwala, during a television interview on Friday, claimed that Mr Wike had been "adequately compensated" and suggested that the minister was preventing Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara from governing.

In a statement issued on Sunday in Port Harcourt, Mr Bob described the comments as "cheeky, unwarranted, and stemmed from premeditated bile," arguing that Mr Bwala avoided the substanc...