Nigeria, April 22 -- The public altercation between the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, and prominent human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, escalated on Monday with the minister's aide questioning Mr Falana's legal credentials.

The minister's aide, Lere Olayinka, responded to a recent claim by Mr Falana (SAN) that Mr Wike was "Nigeria's only life bencher with no case in any court."

Mr Wike had accused him (Falana) of misrepresenting the recent Supreme Court ruling on the status of the 27 members of the Rivers State House of Assembly.

In an interview with journalists in Abuja on Friday, the FCT minister said the human rights lawyer misled the public about the ruling and warned that such actions from a senior la...