Posted by Samuel on Tue 24th Feb, 2026 - tori.ng
The ADC candidate said he had already won by 3pm, before what he described as magic began to happen.
Dr Moses Paul Ogigi, the African Democratic Congress (ADC) candidate in the 2026 Abuja Municipal Area Council election, has claimed that by 3 p.m. on Saturday, he had already secured victory in the polls.
He said he had already won by 3pm, before what he described as magic began to happen.
Dr Mo, who was defeated by the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, as announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, said it was disheartening to see the imposition of curfews, mutilation of results, vote buying and how members of the ADC were harassed.
“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.”