A major legal and political crisis is brewing within the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), as whistleblowers and party insiders sound an urgent alarm over an alleged plot to hand an official ticket to Hon. John Gabaya.
Investigations have uncovered a catastrophic flaw in the plan: Hon. John Gabaya is not a registered member of the All Progressives Congress.
The evidence revealed that in Igu Ward Register Blanks Out,
A meticulous review of the official, certified APC membership register for Igu Ward—the specific ward where the politician is supposed to be registered—has revealed that his name is completely absent from the party’s database.
Under the guidelines of both the Electoral Act and the APC Constitution, party membership at the ward level is a mandatory prerequisite for any individual seeking sponsorship or nomination in a primary election.
Insiders tracking the development confirm that no supplementary lists or official logs contain his name, making his potential candidacy an absolute legal nullity from the outset.
It was gathered that no Primaries Held
Compounding the membership crisis is an even more explosive revelation: no APC primary election was held to produce him as a candidate.
Reports from the field indicate that internal party actors are currently attempting to manufacture results and publish Hon. John Gabaya’s name as the “winner” of a consensus or contested primary that never took place. Section 84 of the Electoral Act strictly mandates that political parties must hold valid democratic primaries—monitored by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)—to nominate candidates.
The Stakeholder’s Warning: “A Clear Booby Trap”
Reacting to the development, a prominent APC Stakeholder and leader within the FCT Coalition of Loyal Party Members, Alhaji Mohammed Umar, issued a scathing warning to the National Working Committee (NWC) during an emergency briefing in Abuja.
Umar cautioned that desperate power brokers are trying to force a candidate through the back door, oblivious to the catastrophic legal implications.
”We are raising this alarm because we love this party and we cannot sit fold-armed while a few individuals walk us into a clear booby trap,” Umar stated. “Go and look at the register for Igu Ward right now.
The name Hon. John Gabaya is completely missing.
He is not a registered APC member. On top of that, everyone in Bwari and AMAC knows that no primary election took place.
“If the NWC goes ahead to publish the name of a non-member as the winner of a ghost primary, they are signing our political death warrant for APC as a party at the 2027 general election.”
Why This is Legal Suicide for APC
Political analysts and legal experts are echoing Umar’s warnings, stating that if the APC national leadership goes ahead to award the ticket for the Area Council elections, they are handing an effortless victory to the opposition.
The moment the APC fields a non-member who emerged from a ghost primary, the opposition party will not even need to fight on the field.
They will simply gather the certified true copies of the Igu Ward register and empty polling unit reports, head straight to the Election Petition Tribunal, and have every single APC vote thrown out as “wasted votes.”
Similar to the costly precedents seen in Zamfara and Rivers states in previous election cycles, the courts hold zero tolerance for forged primaries.
The judiciary can completely bar the APC from fielding any candidate for the council seat, handing an effortless victory to rival parties.
Legitimate APC aspirants who spent millions purchasing nomination forms and mobilizing voters across Bwari and AMAC are already preparing to launch fierce pre-election lawsuits if a non-member is arbitrarily imposed over them.
“The APC leadership is facing a massive compliance emergency” Umar insisted.
As Alhaji Mohammed Umar and other stakeholders have made clear, publishing a fictitious primary result for a candidate whose name does not exist on the Igu Ward register is a guaranteed recipe for total electoral forfeiture.
The clock is ticking, and party stakeholders are calling for immediate intervention before the nomination window is sealed.
