FCT Decides 2022: PDP Reacts to Victory, Sends Strong Message Ahead of 2023 Election

FCT Decides 2022: PDP Reacts to Victory, Sends Strong Message Ahead of 2023 Election

  • The Peoples Democratic Party has reacted to its victory at the just concluded Federal Capital Territory Council elections
  • The opposition in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, described the win as a sign of victory for the 2023 general elections
  • PDP noted that its victory in three strategic Abuja Area Councils was a clear demonstration of the determination by Nigerians to return the party to power

Nigeria's major opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party says its sweeping victory in the three strategic Abuja Area Councils is a clear demonstration of the determination by Nigerians to return PDP to power in 2023.

The national publicity secretary, Debo Ologunagba made this known in a statement shared on the party's official Facebook page on Tuesday, February 15.

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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says its victory in FCT Council Polls signals triumph in 2023. Photo credit: Jerrywright Ukwu
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Legit.ng gathered that PDP secured wins in the 2022 Federal Capital Territory Council elections held on Saturday, February 12, in Abuja Municipal, Bwari and Kuje Area Councils.

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Ologunagba noted that the three area councils are melting pots of Nigerians from all sections across the nation irrespective of political, ethnic, cultural, religious, class, professional or age affiliations.

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The party spokesman went on to note that the rejection of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the three area councils represents the aspiration of Nigerians in the national consensus to do away with the party APC and return the PDP to power at the center in 2023.

Official figures show that the PDP won more councillorship seats, leading the APC with cumulative 44 councillorship seats as against APC’s 18 seats.

FCT Decides 2022: How APC won Abaji Area Council with no candidate declared as winner, INEC reveals

In a previous report by Legit.ng, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Sunday, February 13, declared the APC as the winner of the chairmanship election in Abaji Area Council of Abuja.

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However, the electoral body did not declare any candidate the winner of the poll. INEC blamed the development on a legal tussle over who the authentic candidate of the APC is.

The INEC Returning Officer for Abaji Area Council, Gabriel Mordi, said it will not be legitimate to declare any of the APC aspirants as the winner of the election.

Source: Legit.ng

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