By Abuja, Nigeria
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has set up a legal team to entertain complaints from candidates in the just concluded FCT Area Council Election.
The party in a statement on Sunday by its National Publicity Secretary, Comrade Ini Ememobong, urged candidates with genuine complaints to contact the legal Adviser for necessary action. According to the party scribe, the team is headed by Shafi Bara’u,Esq.
“We have set up a special Legal Team, headed by the National Legal Adviser, Shafi Bara’u,Esq, to attend to candidates who have genuine complaints arising from these elections and to assist with post-election litigations. They should immediately contact the National Legal Adviser for prompt action, as delay is fatal in election petition cases.”
The party decried the level of voter apathy in the election, attributing it to the electoral act 2026 which make the electorate to lose faith in the electoral process.
“The incredible voter apathy in these polls is a direct response to the anti-people Electoral Act 2026, where the people have completely lost faith in the electoral outcomes from elections conducted under this Act.”
“These Local Council polls may just be a foreshadowing of the forthcoming general elections in 2027, if changes are not urgently made,” the statement added.
However, the party congratulated the Chairman-elect of the Gwagwalada Area Council, Mohammed Kashim and the Councillors who emerged victorious at the polls.
“We specifically congratulate the Chairman-elect of Gwagwalada Area Council, Mohammed Kasim, and the Councillors who have been declared successful by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).”
