The Obidient Movement has rejected the outcome of Saturday’s Abuja Municipal Area Council chairmanship election, describing the process as a “brazen assault” on democracy, while mourning the killing of one of its polling agents during the exercise.
Addressing journalists at the movement’s secretariat in Abuja on Monday, the National Coordinator of the Obidient Movement Worldwide, Dr Yunusa Tanko, alleged widespread irregularities, voter suppression and violence, which he said undermined the credibility of the poll.
The protest comes amid reports that the All Progressives Congress swept five of the six area council chairmanship seats in the Federal Capital Territory.
The ruling party won in AMAC, Abaji, Bwari, Kwali and Kuje, while the Peoples Democratic Party secured victory in Gwagwalada.
The elections, conducted to fill six chairmanship and 62 councillorship seats, were characterised by low voter turnout and allegations of vote-buying.
Tanko said the Obidient Movement and its supporters had backed the African Democratic Congress candidate for AMAC chairmanship, Dr Moses Paul, popularly known as Dr Mo, in what he described as a coalition for change inspired by the vision of a new Nigeria.
“We address you today with a heavy heart, filled with both profound disappointment and righteous anger. The results of the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) chairmanship election, held last Saturday, are not just a political setback; they are a brazen assault on the very foundations of our democracy,” he said.
