Former Supervisory Councillor for finance, budget and investment in Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC), Hon. Gabriel Bravo Oluohu, has described the defection of the incumbent AMAC Chairman, Hon. Christopher Zakka Maikalangu, to the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Thursday, as a game changer for the party.
In a statement on Sunday, Oluohu said the defection had sent shockwaves of excitement throughout the political landscape, adding that the event, which drew a massive crowd, was a testament to Maikalangu’s popularity and influence.
He said that he saw many of those who had vowed not to leave the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that wore Maikalangu’s branded T-shirts and caps as a show of solidarity and enthusiasm in the arena.
The former AMAC official, who described Maikalangu’s defection as a significant blow to the opposition in AMAC, advised aspirants that had already thrown in the towel to take a lesson from the event.
He reasoned that Maikalangu’s popularity and influence were undeniable and his ability to mobilise support a winning formula for the APC.
“What Maikalangu has done is a winning formula and a joker for APC. With his coming now, there is no opposition in AMAC any more.
“For the few aspirants that are pretending that they are still contesting, with what they have seen now, I believe that those ones that are threatening to contest against Maikalangu, my advice for them is that they don’t threaten an old woman with the big manhood, because you don’t know what contributed to her getting old on time.
“Maikalangu is a vehicle that can take us to the Promised Land. They should patiently wait till after four years, that is after his second tenure, to contest,” he said.
The former Supervisory Councillor urged Maikalangu to carry everybody along, including those in his former party and those who had joined him in the APC by balancing both sides, “so as to ensure progress and development for all indigenes and residents of AMAC.”