FCT Labour Party Leaders, Others Join APC

As portion of governmental realignment up of the February 2026 Area Council elections, ward executives of the Labour Party successful Gwarinpa, Federal Capital Territory (FCT) person defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).

The defectors cited deep-seated disunity and neglect by the nationalist and authorities enactment arsenic their superior crushed for leaving the party.

The president of the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC), Christopher Maikalangu and the president of APC, Gwarinpa Ward, Hon. Adamu Yunusa, received the caller members, congratulating them for their decisive move.

“I congratulate you each for this bold measurement that you person taken to travel and articulation the progressive party,” Maikalangu stated. “This determination you person taken is the best, and it has shown that you mean good for AMAC by supporting continuity.”

He assured the defectors of afloat integration into the APC fold. “I privation to guarantee you each that you volition not regret this decision. You volition beryllium carried on successful everything that we volition beryllium doing successful the party, unneurotic we volition determination AMAC to greater heights,” helium promised.

Speaking connected behalf of the defectors, Hon. Johnbosco Ezenwaka, a erstwhile LP councillorship aspirant for Gwarinpa Ward, declared that their clip with the absorption had tally its course.

“We person ‘laboured’ capable and present we privation to advancement politically,” Ezenwaka explained.

He praised the developmental efforts of FCT Minister Nyesom Wike and pointed to the LP’s interior disarray arsenic a last straw.

“The Labour Party is nary longer successful the FCT; cipher is talking astir the party, up until now, INEC has not uploaded the sanction of our campaigner for the coming election.

”Also, idiosyncratic cannot beryllium doing the aforesaid happening each clip and expect a antithetic result. This is the clip for america to deliberation astir our governmental future, that is wherefore we decided to articulation the progressive party,” helium said.

Also, the erstwhile LP president of Gwarinpa Ward, Dr. Emeka Aloysius, expressed profound disappointment with the party’s elected officials.

“I don’t cognize the bureau of the House of Representatives subordinate elected connected the level of the LP. We person ne'er been invited by the Senator representing the FCT. It is sad.

“They made truthful galore unfulfilled promises to the radical successful the ward since they were elected, and I bash not enactment similar that,” helium said.

He said that the wide defection is expected to importantly bolster the APC’s grassroots operation successful the Gwarinpa ward and fortify Chairman Maikalangu’s bid for continuity successful the upcoming polls.