FCT Polls: Abaji Chairman Display APC’s Candidate Result, Security Report, Vows To Resist Attempt To Subvert People’s Will.
By Sadiq Abubakar, Abuja.
The Chairman of Abaji Area Council, Hon. Alhaji Abdulrahman Ajiya, on Friday, tendered the election result of the All Progressives Congress (APC), chairmanship held on April, 23, 2021, in which Hon Mohammed Angulu Loko, emerged as the party’s flag bearer in the area before the Ona of Abaji, His Royal Majesty (HRM) Alhaji Adamu Baba Yunusa.
Global Times Nigeria, learnt that there has been confusion especially among supporters of one of the chairmmship aspirant, Abubakar Abdullahi Umar, who came second position, claimed to have won the primaries but was allegedly rigged in favor of Hon Mohammed Angulu Loko.
The aspirant claimed, it was also learnt almost led to a clash between his supporters and the incumbent chairman, Hon Abdulrahman, while returning from the Eid prayers ground, when the convoy of the aspirant supporters allegedly prevented the council chairman’s convoy from driving behind the Ona of Abaji, Alhaji Adamu Baba Yunusa, shortly after Eid prayers on Thursday, in the area.
It was gathered that the clash was said to have been averted after the council chairman, Hon Abdulrahman Ajiya, immediately alighted from his vehicle while returning to the palace to calm his supporters.
On arrival at the palace, the council chairman also displayed the report of the security agents that affirmed Hon Mohammed Angulu Loko, as the winner of the chairmanship primaries before the monarch and other traditional rulers and party stalwarts as well as some stakeholders of the council.
The council chairman, therefore, banned any form of political campaign activities in the area, pending when INEC lift its embargo, adding that aside the local government party office, any other party campaign office remained shut.
Also speaking, the Ona of Abaji, Alhaji Adamu Baba Yunusa, urged both supporters of the chairmanship aspirant and the council chairman to embrace peace and prayed for more prosperity years ahead of the council election.
