Ahead of the Federal Capital Territory election, the Labour Party FCT Chairman, Hon. Peter Diugwu,
alleged that his party is seriously planning to win all the area council elections and their wards, but the major opposition parties, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and the All Progressives Congress (APC), are planning to rig it.
The Chairman stated this while speaking with newsmen on the sidelines at the Bwari/AMAC town hall meeting held in Abuja yesterday.
Peter said, “We know that the Labour Party will win this election today, tomorrow, in fact, any day. Area council elections are not our problem because we have people on the ground.
“We are planning to win; PDP and APC are planning to rig the elections, but with the Almighty God we serve, we will capture FCT area councils and wards.”
The chairman boasted that if local government area council elections were conducted today, they would win the six area councils because what they are seeing today is a testimony that people are on the ground to vote for the Labour Party.
“We didn’t hire a crowd to come here today; there are no hired members here. All the people you see here are people who are ready, putting in their resources, minds, and vision to be AMAC chairman and councillors.”
Asked about the FCT minister’s influence on the election, he said, “Wike is from Rivers, and before you come to a land and assume the position of landlord, you must have stayed up to 5-10 years.
“If you check the transition of elections in FCT, the people who are voting are literate and not illiterate. Ninety percent of people voting in FCT are literate; they know who they want to vote for and who they are voting for.
“FCT is not a place where you use thugs to win elections, and we have the highest security agencies in FCT, and we are ready to defend our vote.”
Speaking on the essence of the town hall meeting to the party, he said it was to test the microphone to know whether their people are still intact, and they are seeing that even other political parties like the People’s Democratic Party, the All Progressives Congress, and the SDP are decamping to the Labour Party.
“Today in FCT, the Labour Party is like MTN—everywhere you go, all chapters, wards, and all area councils. That’s the benefit of this town hall meeting.”
Earlier, the National Chairman of the party, Julius Abure, said the party members must be courageous enough to bring their friends and relations and make sure our followers are members of the Labour Party.
“We say this because we believe that every one of us is an ambassador of the party, and therefore, we must advocate for membership registration drives and canvass for people to join the party so that we can be a strong and vibrant political party that would have the capacity to capture power in 2027.”
