The Peoples Democratic Party is set to challenge the results of Saturday’s election held across the Area Councils of the Federal Capital Territory as it has set up a legal team to carry out the assignment.
The party’s spokesperson, Ini Ememobong, stated this on Sunday, while congratulating its winning candidates but alleged irregularities.
The party said its legal team would be headed by its National Legal Adviser, Shafi Bara’u, Esq., and told aggrieved candidates to act promptly.
“We specifically congratulate the chairman-elect of Gwagwalada Area Council, Mohammed Kasim and the councillors who have been declared successful by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
“This victory, though less in number than we anticipated, is particularly gladdening because it is against the background of unprecedented intimidation, high-powered money politics and brazen executive brigandage,” the statement read.
Ememobong further alleged misconduct during the polls.
“Reports and video evidence abound where armed security personnel were used to cart away result sheets at polling units, intimidate voters and unduly influence the outcome of the elections.
“The incredible voter apathy in these polls is a direct response to the anti-people Electoral Act 2026, where the people have completely lost faith in electoral outcomes conducted under this Act.
“These local council polls may just be a foreshadowing of the forthcoming general elections in 2027 if changes are not urgently made.”
At the end of the elections held in the FCT on Saturday, the All Progressives Congress (APC) won five council areas – Abuja Municipal Area Council, Abaji, Bwari, Kwali and Kuje while the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) won Gwagwalada according to results declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission.
