FCT Elections: AMAC Chairmanship Candidate Withdraws As Zadna Dantani Backs APC Flagbearer Maikalangu
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Hours before the FCT Elections, Hon. Zadna Dantani of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) announced his withdrawal from the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) Chairmanship race in favor of the All Progressives Congress candidate, Christopher Zakka Maikalangu.
Dantani explained that his decision followed the intervention of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike. He also confirmed that he has formally submitted a letter of withdrawal to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) regarding the FCT Elections.
Speaking on the development, he said, “My name is Hon. Zadna Dantani, the Chairmanship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the Abuja Municipal Area Council for the Saturday’s Area Council elections.
“I want to sincerely appreciate everyone who supported us and by the grace of God, we are doing it not because of our personal interests.
“I am here to tell my people that as a candidate who is standing for this election, I have today, agreed based on the intervention of the Honourable Minister of FCT, Barrister Nyesom Wike, who is our leader in the party and the leader in FCT, who has called my attention to let us know that this is a brotherhood election.
“I am also doing this in support of the good works of the President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
“I have consulted widely and by the grace of God we have agreed that we are no longer going to contest against my brother, Hon Christopher Zakka Maikalangu.
“By doing so, I also submitted a letter of withdrawal to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) today.
“I therefore call on all my supporters across the 12 wards in the Abuja Municipal Area Council to come out en masse to support Hon. Christopher Maikalangu, who is the candidate of the APC.”
In his letter addressed to INEC, Dantani reiterated that his decision to withdraw his AMAC chairmanship candidacy from the FCT Elections was voluntary and made after extensive consultations with family members and political stakeholders.
The letter read, “I write to respectfully inform you that I, Hon. Zadna Dantani of Gosa Village along Airport Road, FCT Abuja, a member and the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), have decided to voluntarily withdraw from contesting for the Chairmanship position of Abuja Municipal Area Council in the forthcoming Area Council Elections, which is scheduled to hold on 21st February, 2026, after due other consideration and thorough consultation with my family and relevant stakeholders.
“I wish to state unequivocally that this decision to withdraw my candidature is borne out of my own freewill volition.
“Accept the assurances of my warm regards, please.”
This withdrawal announcement comes less than 24 hours after the PDP chairmanship candidate for Bwari Area Council, Julius Adamu, also stepped down from the race in support of the APC candidate, Joshua Ishaku Musa, further reshaping the political landscape ahead of the council elections.
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