The Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Ogunwusi, on Thursday said political scientists should study how Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, became part of President Bola Tinubu’s government.

Ogunwusi spoke at the 2025 OAU Distinguished Personality Lecture in Ile-Ife, the capital of Osun State, where Wike delivered the keynote lecture.

The monarch reflected on Wike’s involvement in Tinubu’s government, despite being a member of an opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). 

The Ooni said, “For your career, I will particularly say that I give a very strong honour to the father of the nation, President Bola Tinubu. You belong to a different political party and yet are able to work together.

“You are part of this government. It’s still a mystery; I don’t even know how it happened. For me, it is something that universities should be studying and I mean it; it’s very important.

“Hate him, like him; what will be, will be. He (Wike) is a politician to be studied. I don’t know how he’s been actively relevant for 20 years.

“Nigeria is for all of us and you are playing your part and making history,” he added.

Wike, a member of the opposition PDP, has vowed to lead Tinubu’s reelection campaign in Rivers State.