Africa-Press – Nigeria. The Tanimu Turaki-led National Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has congratulated successful candidates of the party in the just concluded Area Council Elections in the Federal Capital Territory
The party specifically congratulated Chairman-elect of Gwagwalada Area Council, Mohammed Kasim, and the Councillors who have, so far been declared winners of the Saturday election by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.
In a statement issued on Sunday by the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Ini Ememobong also revealed that the opposition party has “set up a special Legal Team, headed by the National Legal Adviser, Shafi Bara’u,Esq, to attend to candidates who have genuine complaints arising from these elections and to assist with post-election litigation.”
The party directed the candidates concerned to “immediately contact the National Legal Adviser for prompt action, as delay is fatal in election petition cases”.
“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 the electoral outcomes from elections 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.
“There is time to correct the wrongdoing by the National Assembly and the President to save our democracy from collapse”, the statement added.
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