{"id":2370,"date":"2026-04-04T18:11:59","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T18:11:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/neptuneprime.com.ng\/old\/?p=2370"},"modified":"2026-04-04T18:12:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T18:12:00","slug":"outrage-trails-wikes-i-would-have-shot-him-remark-about-tv-host-seun-okinbaloye","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neptuneprime.com.ng\/old\/2026\/04\/04\/outrage-trails-wikes-i-would-have-shot-him-remark-about-tv-host-seun-okinbaloye\/","title":{"rendered":"Outrage trails Wike\u2019s \u2018I would have shot him\u2019 remark about TV host Seun Okinbaloye"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Outrage trails Wike\u2019s \u2018I would have shot him\u2019 remark about TV host Seun Okinbaloye<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has come under heavy criticism following a controversial remark in which he allegedly said he would have shot television presenter Seun Okinbaloye.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The comment, reportedly made during a media interaction, has sparked widespread reactions across political and media circles, with many condemning the statement as inappropriate and dangerous.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Critics argue that such remarks, especially from a high-ranking public official, could be perceived as a threat and undermine press freedom. Supporters, however, claim the statement may have been made figuratively or taken out of context.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The development has drawn attention to the need for responsible public communication, particularly by government officials, and respect for the role of the media in a democratic society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As of the time of filing this report, neither the Federal Capital Territory Administration nor representatives of Channels Television have issued an official clarification on the matter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The incident continues to generate debate, with observers calling for caution and restraint in public discourse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n    <div class=\"xs_social_share_widget xs_share_url after_content \t\tmain_content  wslu-style-1 wslu-share-box-shaped wslu-fill-colored wslu-none wslu-share-horizontal wslu-theme-font-no wslu-main_content\">\n\n\t\t\n        <ul>\n\t\t\t        <\/ul>\n    <\/div> \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Outrage trails Wike\u2019s \u2018I would have shot him\u2019 remark about TV host Seun Okinbaloye Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has come under heavy criticism following a controversial remark in which he allegedly said he would have shot television presenter Seun Okinbaloye. The comment, reportedly made during a media interaction, has sparked widespread [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2371,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[930,935,933,939,928,934,938,932,689,936,929],"class_list":["post-2370","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-i-would","tag-about","tag-him","tag-okinbaloye","tag-outrage","tag-remark","tag-seun","tag-shot","tag-trails","tag-tv","tag-wikes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/neptuneprime.com.ng\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2370","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/neptuneprime.com.ng\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/neptuneprime.com.ng\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neptuneprime.com.ng\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neptuneprime.com.ng\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2370"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/neptuneprime.com.ng\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2370\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2372,"href":"https:\/\/neptuneprime.com.ng\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2370\/revisions\/2372"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neptuneprime.com.ng\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/neptuneprime.com.ng\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neptuneprime.com.ng\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neptuneprime.com.ng\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}