FCT Ballot: ‘I Received the Election Earlier than 3PM, then Magic Occurred’ – ADC’s Mo Declare

The candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) within the 2026 Abuja Municipal Space Council election, Dr. Moses Paul Ogigi, has rejected the result of the ballot introduced by the Unbiased Nationwide Electoral Fee (INEC).

Dr. Ogigi, popularly often called Dr. Mo, mentioned he had already secured victory by 3pm on election day earlier than occasions took a sudden flip.

Talking throughout an interview on Come up Information, he described the election as a painful expertise that uncovered deep issues in Nigeria’s democratic course of.

In accordance with him, the train didn’t mirror the true will of voters within the Federal Capital Territory.

He accused authorities of imposing curfews, tampering with outcomes, and permitting widespread vote shopping for.

Dr. Ogigi additionally alleged that supporters of the ADC have been intimidated and harassed at a number of polling models.

“Because of this these specific elections that we simply concluded will likely be a defining second within the democratic journey for Nigeria,” he mentioned on Come up Information.

“Not as a result of it displays the desire of the individuals, however as a result of it exposes that impediment that hangs in the best way of the desire of the individuals. I got here into this specific race, hoping that, believing in democracy, believing within the resilience of the desire of the individuals in Abuja, believing that, particularly with the change within the INEC management, so I hoped for one thing new.

“By 3pm I had already received the elections throughout board after which magic started to occur. And that is, this can be a loopy factor. So not solely do I reject the result of the outcomes, however I additionally…it’s so disheartening to see the imposition of curfew, to see the mutilations of outcome, to see how members of the ADC have been harassed from totally different polling cubicles.

“And I’ve by no means seen a heightened stage of vote shopping for like we’ve seen on this specific election.”

INEC had declared the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as winner of the chairmanship contest.

Dr. Ogigi mentioned the conduct of the election has raised critical issues about transparency and credibility.

He warned that if such practices proceed, public belief within the electoral system would additional decline.

Nevertheless, the ADC candidate added that his celebration would examine the outcomes fastidiously and think about its subsequent line of motion.