{"id":169531,"date":"2025-07-14T20:45:37","date_gmt":"2025-07-14T19:45:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/2026-polls-pdp-warns-fct-candidates-against-self-interest"},"modified":"2025-07-14T21:48:23","modified_gmt":"2025-07-14T20:48:23","slug":"2026-polls-pdp-warns-fct-candidates-against-self-interest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2026-polls-pdp-warns-fct-candidates-against-self-interest","title":{"rendered":"2026 Polls: PDP warns FCT candidates against self-interest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has cautioned its candidates for the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Area Council elections against pursuing personal ambitions that could undermine the party\u2019s chances of victory in Feb. 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Chairman of the PDP FCT chapter, Ismail Dogara, issued the warning on Monday in Abuja while handing over INEC nomination forms to the party\u2019s candidates.<\/p>\n<p>Dogara announced that the PDP would field six chairmanship and 62 councillorship candidates, expressing confidence in a sweeping victory.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDuring my campaign before emerging as state chairman, I said it time and again, this party is too big to remain silent. And that is why we will not be silent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe nomination forms are here, including those for vice chairmen. Our goal is to win. Personal ambition, if it doesn\u2019t align with the party\u2019s, can cost us the election,\u201d Dogara said.<\/p>\n<p>Former House of Representatives member Micha Jibah, urged the candidates to be bold and persistent in their campaign efforts, commending their courage in stepping forward.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on behalf of the candidates, Gwagwalada chairmanship, Kasim Mohammed, thanked party leaders at all levels for the opportunity to contest under the PDP banner.<\/p>\n<p>He called for unity within the party to ensure victory.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have been mobilising voters for PDP ahead of Feb. 2026, but we also need your continued support. Politics is about people, and this is the people\u2019s party.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe believe they will give us victory.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mohammed also appealed to party leaders to remain responsive throughout the campaign period.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPlease, if there\u2019s anything we need, be there for us. Don\u2019t hesitate to respond in times of need,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has cautioned its candidates for the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Area Council elections against pursuing personal ambitions that could undermine the party\u2019s chances of victory in Feb. 2026. Chairman of the PDP FCT chapter, Ismail Dogara, issued the warning on Monday in Abuja while handing over INEC [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":169530,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[18017,622,254,65],"class_list":["post-169531","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-2026-polls","tag-fct","tag-nigeria","tag-pdp"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>2026 Polls: PDP warns FCT candidates against self-interest - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has cautioned its candidates for the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Area Council ele ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2026-polls-pdp-warns-fct-candidates-against-self-interest\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"2026 Polls: PDP warns FCT candidates against self-interest\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has cautioned its candidates for the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Area Council ele ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2026-polls-pdp-warns-fct-candidates-against-self-interest\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-07-14T19:45:37+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-07-14T20:48:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/sm_1752513622.391387.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2026-polls-pdp-warns-fct-candidates-against-self-interest#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2026-polls-pdp-warns-fct-candidates-against-self-interest\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"2026 Polls: PDP warns FCT candidates against self-interest\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-07-14T19:45:37+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-07-14T20:48:23+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2026-polls-pdp-warns-fct-candidates-against-self-interest\"},\"wordCount\":290,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2026-polls-pdp-warns-fct-candidates-against-self-interest#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/sm_1752513622.391387.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"2026 Polls\",\"FCT\",\"Nigeria\",\"PDP\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2026-polls-pdp-warns-fct-candidates-against-self-interest#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2026-polls-pdp-warns-fct-candidates-against-self-interest\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/2026-polls-pdp-warns-fct-candidates-against-self-interest\",\"name\":\"2026 Polls: PDP warns FCT candidates against self-interest - 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