FCT Poll: Kwali chairmanship aspirant, supporters dump APC for ADC
Alhaji Usman Jiya, a chairmanship aspirant for the Kwali Area Council in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), and thousands of his supporters have resigned from the All-Progressives Congress (APC) and joined the African Democratic Congress (ADC) ahead of the February 21, 2026 council election. Abuja Metro had previously reported that three weeks ago, while addressing […]
Alhaji Usman Jiya, a chairmanship aspirant for the Kwali Area Council in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), and thousands of his supporters have resigned from the All-Progressives Congress (APC) and joined the African Democratic Congress (ADC) ahead of the February 21, 2026 council election.
Abuja Metro had previously reported that three weeks ago, while addressing supporters at his campaign office in Kwali, Jiya described the APC chairmanship primary election that produced the council’s incumbent speaker, Nuhu Daniel Kwali, as a “charade.”
Speaking to a large crowd of his supporters in Kwali on Saturday, Jiya announced his resignation, stating that the decision was based on a resolution by key APC stakeholders and ward executives across the council’s ten wards.
He explained that since the APC national secretariat had decided to recognize Nuhu Daniel as its chairmanship candidate, he and his supporters had resolved to join the ADC. He will now be contesting the February 21, 2026, chairmanship election on the ADC platform.
“It is on this premise that I want to make it clear today, being Saturday, August 9, 2025, that I, Hon. Usman Jiya, and my supporters across the ten wards of Kwali Area Council, have formally resigned from the APC. I am now the candidate of the ADC for the February 21, 2026, chairmanship election in Kwali Area Council,” he declared.
Jiya urged his supporters to maintain peace and be active and courageous in the task ahead, expressing confidence that the ADC would win the chairmanship election.
He also disclosed that his team had made arrangements to mobilize his supporters across all ten wards for the upcoming INEC voter registration exercise in the area.