{"id":82802,"date":"2026-02-16T16:08:35","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T16:08:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=82802"},"modified":"2026-02-16T16:08:35","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T16:08:35","slug":"fct-polls-adc-condemns-wikes-war-threat-says-nigerians-will-decide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2026\/02\/16\/fct-polls-adc-condemns-wikes-war-threat-says-nigerians-will-decide\/","title":{"rendered":"FCT Polls: ADC Condemns Wike\u2019s \u2018War\u2019 Threat, Says Nigerians Will Decide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Onyeanya Ebere Immaculata<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The African Democratic Congress (ADC), has condemned the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, over his reported declaration of \u201cwar\u201d against anti-Tinubu candidates ahead of the February 21, 2026 elections.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, ADC National Publicity Secretary Bolaji Abdullahi warned that such rhetoric could inflame political tensions and undermine democratic stability.<\/p>\n<p>The party insisted that the outcome of the FCT polls would be determined by voters, not President Bola Ahmed Tinubu or any government official.<\/p>\n<p>The statement described Wike\u2019s threat as \u201cirresponsible and dangerous\u201d in Nigeria\u2019s fragile political climate. ADC emphasized that sovereignty rests with the people, not with any minister or president.<\/p>\n<p>The party also pledged to resist any attempt to intimidate voters or subvert the electoral process, insisting that Nigerians would exercise their franchise freely and lawfully.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Onyeanya Ebere Immaculata The African Democratic Congress (ADC), has condemned the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, over his reported declaration of \u201cwar\u201d against anti-Tinubu candidates ahead of the February 21, 2026 elections. In a statement, ADC National Publicity Secretary Bolaji Abdullahi warned that such rhetoric could inflame political tensions and undermine [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":82803,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1755,177,172,186],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-82802","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-2027-general-elections","category-abuja-reports","category-news","category-politics","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82802","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82802"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82802\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":82804,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82802\/revisions\/82804"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82803"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82802"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}