FCT Poll: 104 PDP members dump party for APC in Kuje

Ahead of the FCT area councils’ chairmanship elections scheduled for February 21, 2026, not less than 104 members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kuje Area Council have dumped the party for the All Progressives Congress (APC). The APC’s chairmanship candidate in the council, Danjuma Samuel Shekwolo, received the decampees at the weekend. Shekwolo, […]

Ahead of the FCT area councils’ chairmanship elections scheduled for February 21, 2026, not less than 104 members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kuje Area Council have dumped the party for the All Progressives Congress (APC).

The APC’s chairmanship candidate in the council, Danjuma Samuel Shekwolo, received the decampees at the weekend.

Shekwolo, who was joined by the party chairman, state welfare secretary, and some party leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC), received the defectors at a brief ceremony at Kayarda-Kasa in Kuje Area Council.

Our correspondent reports that among the defectors were the Special Adviser on Nomadic Affairs to the incumbent chairman of the Kuje Area Council, Surajo Suman, Alhaji Bala Umar, Mallam Ibrahim Bello, among others.

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The APC chairmanship candidate, while addressing the decampees, congratulated them for making a wise decision to join the ruling party and assured them that they would not regret their decision.

He described the decampees as leaders and solid members of the PDP and assured them that the APC would provide equal opportunities and privileges for both old and new members, adding that the party doors were still open for others to join.

Speaking on behalf of the decampees, Mr. Surajo attributed their decisions to the absence of pro-people leadership in the PDP administration in the council.