Politics
BREAKING: ADC Defeats APC, Wins First Polling Unit In FCT Council Election
The African Democratic Congress (ADC) defeated All Progressives Congress (APC) to win its first polling unit in the ongoing Area Council Elections in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
The election, which recorded widespread low turnout of voters, saw the opposition coalition carrying the day at polling unit 076, Sani Abacha Estate, Wuse, Zone 4, where Dr. Moses Paul, candidate of Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC), cast his ballot.
Of the 10 ballots cast at the voting point, ADC took the majority of 7, APC trailed with two, while one vote was declared invalid.
Earlier, Paul had alleged intimidation of his party’s agents and blamed the movement restriction for the low turnout announced by the Minister of the FCT for the low voter turnout recorded in parts of the council.
He said the turnout was far lower than expected and attributed it to what he described as confusion created by the restriction directive.
He said he had lived in AMAC for about 40 years and had never witnessed such a situation, noting that the development appeared like “a state of emergency” over what he considered unwarranted.
He said although electoral officials at his polling unit were professional and followed due process, reports reaching him indicated that ADC agents in Takum Shara and parts of Kabusa ward, including Dogongada and Shereti, were allegedly threatened and intimidated.
He added that some agents were allegedly told they would be maimed or killed, and noted that such actions were aimed at suppressing voters and influencing the process in favour of the ruling party.
He said vote buying was criminal and alleged that it was ongoing in parts of the capital city.
He added that despite the challenges, he remained confident of emerging victorious, noting that the will of the people would prevail and urging Nigerians to resist intimidation and demand accountable leadership.
Former Cross River Senator, Ita Giwa, has stated that she joined politics for a voice and not to be a politician.
Giwa made this statement on Saturday during an interview on Arise Television monitored by Ekwutosblog.
Ekwutosblog reports that the lawmaker, who represented Cross River South Senatorial District in the Senate from 1999 to 2003, recently celebrated her 80th birthday.
She said, “I joined politics for a voice and not to be a politician. I doubt 10 women have gone through what I’ve faced. When they talk about being young, I’ve always felt I’m aging well – I’ve never been young.
“I saw my mother, a journalist, arrested multiple times. She was into Igbo politics. During the war, we were in Biafra. She made us Biafrans.
“I met a journalist who left a promising career in America to contribute here. He married me, but despite living separately, I had the worst experience of my life seeing his shattered body in the mortuary.”
Emmanuel Amushie insists that his group is the legally recognized leadership by the independent national electoral commission, the commission accusing professor James okoromas group of impersonation.
However Okoroma’s group is also claiming to be the authentic faction crushing Emmanuel Amushie’s group against misleading the public, Emmanuel Amushie issued a press statement “African Democratic Congress Imo State Chapter wishes to draw the attention of the general public to a series of misleading claims false representations and deliberate misinformation currently being circulated by a group led by Professor Okoroma, purporting to represent the leadership of ADC in Imo State.
This Press Statement serves as an official clarification and public notice that the African democratic congress in imo state remains one and United with its state executive committee led by the Chairman Chief Emmanuel Amushie as the only organic, constitutionally constituted legally valid and officially recognized leadership of the Party in the state.
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Under the new Electoral Act signed into law by Bola Ahmed Tinubu after it was forwarded to him by the National Assembly, the use of indirect primaries (delegate system) has been completely abolished as a method for political parties to select their candidates.
The new law clearly states that political parties can no longer use the delegate system to choose candidates. Now, only two official methods remain:
1. Direct Primaries: where every registered party member has the right to vote directly.
2. Consensus: (internal agreement) where the party and aspirants agree on a single candidate, with others stepping down voluntarily.
This new law means that all registered party members now have full voting power in direct primary elections “one member, one vote” instead of limiting that power to selected delegates.
BREAKING: ADC Defeats APC, Wins First Polling Unit In FCT Council Election
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