Nigeria, Nov. 11 -- Nyesom Woke, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, has reacted to an earlier confrontation on Tuesday between himself and an unidentified military officer over an alleged land-grabbing incident in Abuja.

Discover more newspaper Newspaper Wike, while describing the situation as "unfortunate", said he would not succumb to blackmail or intimidation, when addressing the press.

According to him, the FCT administration had been investigating potential illegal developments in the area.

He recounted that the military intervened during the enforcement of FCT directives, which prompted the confrontation.

"When they came here, I was informed that the military came to chase them away, and I thought they were acting il...