The candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in the 2026 Abuja Municipal Area Council election, Dr. Moses Paul Ogigi, has alleged that he had secured victory in the polls by 3pm on Saturday.
Ogigi maintained that he was already in a winning position before what he described as “magic” began to unfold during the electoral process.
Dr. Mo, who was eventually declared defeated by the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) following the announcement of results by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), expressed disappointment over what he termed irregularities. He cited the imposition of curfews, alleged mutilation of results, vote buying, and harassment of ADC members as troubling developments.
“This is why these particular elections that we just concluded will be a defining moment in the democratic journey for Nigeria,” he said on Arise News.
“Not because it reflects the will of the people, but because it exposes that obstacle that hangs in the way of the will of the people. I came into this particular race, hoping that, believing in democracy, believing in the resilience of the will of the people in Abuja, believing that, especially with the change in the INEC leadership, so I was hoping for something new.
“By 3pm I had already won the elections across board and then magic began to happen. And this is, this is a crazy thing. So not only do I reject the outcome of the results, but I also…it is so disheartening to see the imposition of curfew, to see the mutilations of result, to see how members of the ADC were harassed from different polling booths.
“And I’ve never seen a heightened level of vote buying like we’ve seen in this particular election.”