The African Democratic Congress (ADC) candidate in the 2026 Abuja Municipal Area Council election, Dr Moses Paul Ogigi, has claimed that he had already secured victory “across board” by 3 pm on election day before what he described as “magic” altered the outcome.
Ogigi, popularly known as Dr Mo, made the allegation while reacting to the results announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), which declared the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner of the poll.
Speaking on Arise News, the ADC candidate rejected the outcome of the election and described the process as deeply flawed.
“By 3 pm, I had already won the elections across board, and then magic began to happen. And this is, this is a crazy thing,” he said.
He added, “So not only do I reject the outcome of the results, but 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.”
Ogigi further described the poll as a defining moment in Nigeria’s democratic journey.
“This is why these particular elections that we just concluded will be a defining moment in the democratic journey for Nigeria,” he said.
“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.”