National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has declared that more than 60% of residents in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) are now in the ruling party.
Ganduje, who formally received the Chairman of Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC), Christopher Zakka Maikalangu, his councilors and thousands of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) supporters, Labour Party (LP) members across the six area councils of the territory into the APC, at a rally held at Old Parade Ground, Thisday in Abuja, said “the territory is important to be left in the hands of opposition parties.”
According to the APC national chairman, with the latest political development, the ruling party is set to produce the only Senator for the FCT, two member of the House of Representatives and all area councils chairmen in the territory.
“Ladies and gentlemen, as part of that Renewed hope agenda, today we have started seeing that FCT will be converted to APC. Today we have a great political giant, we have the chairman of AMAC which is the most popular local government in the Federal Capital Territory.
“The chairman with all his elected councilors, with all his appointed councilors, with all the politicians from PDP, they have decided to come to our great party, the APC. He has come with his thousands of supporters.
“Also, we have decampees from Bwari Area Council. We have decampees from Kuje Area Council, we have decampees from Abaji Area Council, we have decampees from Kwali Area Council, we have decampees from Gwagwala Area Councils.
“What remains now, almost all the politicians, all the people, more than 60% of the Federal Capital Territory is now APC,” he said.
Speaking on behalf of the former APC Governors, the immediate past governor of Kogi state, Yahaya Bello declared no vacancy in the Aso Rock presidential villa comes 2027, adding that” President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will overwhelming be re-elected to continue with the good work he is doing for the country.”
Bello called on all members of the party who have one issue or the other to come together and unite to make the broom platform virile for any electoral contest, stressing that APC will soon take over all the area councils in the FCT.
“All the Area Councils will be APC, it is just a little time that will take. Let me commend our national chairman, let me commend the state chairman of FCT, Alhaji Usman for all the wonderful job he’s being doing.
“When I came into this arena I was shocked to see the mammoth crowd that turned out within this shortest possible time.
“Let me tell you that this mandate that Mr President is carrying, is the mandate of the people and the people of this country have spoken and I want to assure you that come 2027, there is no vacancy in Aso Rock. I will use this opportunity once again, to appreciate all founding fathers of our party, Mr President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu played a significant and very pivotal role in ensuring that we have a party we are all trouping to join today.
“Our former president as the first president under the platform of the APC, former President Muhammadu Buhari. He has said it time without number that he remains a father in APC and he is a member of APC.
“Let nobody mistake it that Mr President and former President have any issue. In fact, they continue to confer in moving this country forward. So we have APC intact, I call on all other members of the party who have one issue or the other, you can’t build a house and run away from it. I urge everybody, let’s come together and unite. Other political parties are just going to escorting us to the villa come 2027.
“Come back, when you are inside APC, and you are making your demands you are talking but if you leave APC and you are outside APC and you are making demands, you are simply making noise and those of us that are inside APC we will tell you to keep quiet. Therefore, APC is the owner of Nigeria today and tomorrow,” he said.
While presenting the defectors to the party’s national leadership,
APC State chairman for FCT, Abdulmalik Usman assured that the party under his leadership will redouble its efforts towards ensuring that the ruling party takes over the nation’s capital ahead of 2027 general election.
The Minister of Special Duties, Hon. Zaphania Jisalo, who addressed the mammoth crowd at the event tagged “Abuja Unity rally” heaped praises on President Tinubu for living up to his promises to carry along Abuja indegenes in his administration.
Jisalo said he is a living testimony of the President commitment towards the empowerment of Abuja indigene since he is an integral member of the federal executive council (FEC).
The Minister of State FCT, Hajia Mariya Mahmoud Bunkure urged the electorates to sustain their support for the APC led administration which is living no stone unturned in uplifting their well being.
The opposition labour party (LP) in 2023 general elections had swept the presidential and Senatorial poll in the 2023 poll to the chagrin of the APC led administration.