{"id":195876,"date":"2026-02-23T10:19:06","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T09:19:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/fct-polls-expose-corn-buyers-deceiving-nigerians"},"modified":"2026-02-23T11:30:20","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T10:30:20","slug":"fct-polls-expose-corn-buyers-deceiving-nigerians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/fct-polls-expose-corn-buyers-deceiving-nigerians","title":{"rendered":"FCT Polls Expose Corn Buyers Deceiving Nigerians"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, says the just concluded election in the nation\u2019s capital city has exposed the hypocrisy of people who go about buying corn and groundnuts from roadside sellers as a form of campaign to deceive Nigerians.<\/p>\n<p>Wike made this statement on after meeting with President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>He was reacting to the FCT polls, where he said that Nigerians now know the ruling party and the real opposition party.<\/p>\n<p>The ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, clinched five Area Councils while the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, won only one Area Council.<\/p>\n<p>Reacting, the Minister said: \u201cThis election has further exposed the hypocrisy of people who go about buying corn and groundnuts from roadside sellers for the purpose of a campaign just to deceive Nigerians.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe residents of FCT demonstrated that they cannot be deceived by emergency democrats, who have chosen not to see anything good in our country and its government.\u201d<\/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. Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, says the just concluded election in the nation\u2019s capital city has exposed the hypocrisy of people who go about buying corn and groundnuts from roadside sellers as a form of campaign to deceive Nigerians. 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