Nigeria, Jan. 8 -- Magnus Abe, a former senator from Rivers State, has said that it is a contradiction for any person to claim to love President Bola Tinubu and yet be ungrateful to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, because of the latter's political support for the president.

"No one can claim to love Mr President and be ungrateful to our 'Mr Project,'" Mr Abe stated on Tuesday in a thank-you message to Mr Tinubu, who recently nominated him to serve as the chair of the board of the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission.

"His (Wike) support at a critical point meant a lot to our success as a family and continues to be pivotal to the success of the Tinubu family in Rivers State, which he has ref...