FCT polls: PDP hails victory in Gwagwalada, insists party won Kuje, others
The Conference of Professionals in the Peoples Democratic Party (CP-PDP) has congratulated the Chairman-elect of Gwagwalada Area Council, Mohammed Kasim and councillors who emerged victorious in the just-concluded Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Council election.
In a statement issued on Sunday, by Obinna Nwachukwu, the Protem National Coordinator for CP-PDP, the party also insisted that it won the chairmanship election in Kuje, Area Councils including Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC), and Bwari.
According to the CP-PDP, there are intense attempts by the All Progressives Congress (APC) to unleash violence in the council with compromised security agencies and their operatives.
It said the APC plans to terrorise the people and rob the party of its victory in the Kuje Area Council, which is an established stronghold of the PDP
Nwachukwu said, “The Conference has been provided with video evidence of the deployment of heavy security who engaged in shooting, frightening residents and carting away ballot boxes, while results from Kuje Central and Kabi Wards which have the largest votes are being held ostensibly to rig the poll for the APC.
“The CP-PDP describe the situation in Kuje as a recipe for a serious crisis in the FCT and calls on the Inspector General of Police to immediately wade in and ensure that only the results that reflect the actual votes cast are announced as this will be highly resisted by the people,” Nwachukwu said.
He also insisted that by the party’s popularity and actual preference by voters at the various polling units, the PDP clearly also won the Chairmanship seats in these area councils where it had an overwhelming dominance despite the attacks and underhand tactics by the APC.
He further condemned the use of the Minister, Nyesom Wike by the APC to encourage serial attacks, threats, intimidation, propaganda, lies and extensive shenanigans against supporters of the PDP.
It added that a thorough analysis of the election is collaborating with the Kabiru Turaki-led national leadership of the PDP to take strong legal steps to ensure that nobody makes away with any mandate freely given to the PDP in the FCT election.
“Moreover, the CP-PDP calls on Nigerians to note the actions of the Minister of the FCT in the election; where he actively mobilised for his party, the APC and congratulated APC candidates who stole mandates at the election.
“However, unfolding political events continue to show that Minister Wike is fast descending into political illusion; a pitiable hubristic narcissism that can only swindle President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and other individuals who are disconnected from the political reality on the ground in Nigeria,” he added.
Nwachukwu further called on the public and members of the PDP to remain steadfast in the party and its leadership collectively work hard to defend Nigeria’s democracy and the sanctity of the nation’s electoral system ahead of the 2027 general elections.
