Ganduje (middle with broom) at the rally to welcome defectors
Abdullahi Ganduje, national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says the federal capital territory (FCT) is too important to be under the control of opposition political parties.
In the 2023 general election, the Labour Party (LP) won the presidential and senatorial contests in the FCT.
Ganduje spoke on Thursday while receiving hundreds of defectors from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and LP at the old parade ground in Abuja.
The defectors were led by Chris Maikalangu, chairman of the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC).
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Ganduje said the development signified growing confidence in the APC-led federal government and predicted that residents of Abuja would vote massively for President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 poll.
“As the seat of power and the rallying point of Nigerians, it is inconceivable that Abuja should remain in the hands of opposition political parties,” Ganduje said.
“Ladies and gentlemen, as part of that renewed hope agenda, today we have started seeing that FCT will be converted to APC.
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“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 councillors, with all his appointed councillors, 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 Gwagwalada area council.
“What remains now, almost all the politicians, all the people, more than 60% of the federal capital territory is now APC.”
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The former Kano governor added that Tinubu has demonstrated inclusiveness by appointing Abuja natives into his cabinet and other key positions.
He said the wave of defections to the APC was “a clear signal of the party’s acceptability across the territory”.
