Lere Olayinka, FCT Minister Nyesom Wike’s media assistant, has come under fire from Arise Television presenter Reuben Abati for kneeling in front of his supervisor.

In an interview with Arise Television’s Morning Show on Tuesday, Abati stated that although there is sycophancy in government, Olayinka went too far.

“Consider the pinnacle of it: when our excellent friend arrived and bent down to assist the master. What’s this all about?

“Look, when we were in government, and I can say this with authority because I was in government, sycophancy was a custom both before and after, generally in Nigerian government.”

President Jonathan would tell those who were kneeling before him to get up. I’m not a king or queen, please. In front of me, don’t kneel.

Indeed, I seen individuals crawling. This is how they act. However, Lere Olayinka may have a deeper understanding of the game than some of us, therefore he will bow down to the master. But to what purpose?

He stated, “There is a time limit to all of this for both Wike and his acolytes in the empire that he has created for himself.”