Olushola Omogbehin
Ahead of the Abuja Area Council elections slated for Saturday, the Peoples Democratic Party Chairmanship candidate for the Abuja Municipal Area Council, Zadna Dantani, has on Thursday stepped down for the All Progressives Congress candidate, Christopher Maikalangu.
Dantani said his withdrawal was because of the intervention of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike which is coming less than 24 hours after another PDP Chairmanship candidate for Bwari Area Council, Julius Adamu, stepped down for the APC candidate, Joshua Musa.
“I want to sincerely appreciate everyone who supported us and by the grace of God, we are doing it, not because of our personal interests.
“I am here to tell my people that as a candidate who is standing for this election, I have today, agreed based on the intervention of the Honourable Minister of FCT, Barrister Nyesom Wike, who is our leader in the party and the leader in FCT, who has called my attention to let us know that this is a brotherhood election. I am also doing this in support of the good works of President Bola Tinubu.”
Speaking further, he said: “I have consulted widely, and by the grace of God, we have agreed that we are no longer going to contest against my brother, Hon Christopher Zakka Maikalangu.
“By doing so, I also submitted a letter of withdrawal to the Independent National Electoral Commission.
“I therefore call on all my supporters across the 12 wards in the Abuja Municipal Area Council to come out enmasse to support Hon Christopher Maikalangu, who is the candidate of APC,” he noted.
The election will take place in the six council areas of the FCT namely Abuja Municipal Area Council, Bwari, Gwagwalada, Kuje, Abaji and Kwali where chairmen and councilors would be elected.
The Independent National Electoral Commission has fixed February 21, 2026, as the date for the Area Council elections.
