Tinubu hails Wike over APC victory In FCT

President Tinubu has praised FCT Minister Nyesom Wike for delivering major electoral victories to the APC in the latest council and by-elections, framing the results as a direct consequence of the administration’s developmental milestones.

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has lauded the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, for his “remarkable achievements” following the All Progressives Congress (APC) sweep of major elective positions in the Saturday, February 21, 2026, elections. In a statement released Sunday by Presidential Spokesperson Bayo Onanuga, the President noted that Wike’s leadership in the FCT significantly contributed to the party’s “political dividends,” particularly as the APC secured victories across most of the six area councils and critical by-elections in Rivers and Kano states. Tinubu commended the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), security agencies, and the electorate for a peaceful and credible process, while urging newly elected officials to treat their mandates as a “sacred trust” to be executed with “humility, patriotism, and dedication.”

Despite reports from monitoring groups of low voter turnout and technical malfunctions with BVAS machines, the President expressed satisfaction with the “courage and discipline” of all contestants, asserting that the exercise further strengthened Nigeria’s democratic institutions. “President Tinubu commends the Minister… for his remarkable achievements in the territory, which have yielded political dividends to the governing All Progressives Congress (APC),” the statement read, while encouraging INEC to maintain its trajectory of improvement for future national contests.

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