secured<\/a> a total of 18,466 votes to emerge victorious in the poll, which was conducted across the 10 wards of the council.<\/p>\nWike, who is the coordinator for the APC Presidential Campaign Council in the FCT, speaking at the Town Hall interactive meeting in Bwari last week, noted that he didn\u2019t know Adamu until the last area council election, admitting that he was a \u201cvery formidable candidate.\u201d<\/p>\n
Wike said that after discussions, it was agreed to pick the then APC candidate and incumbent Bwari council chairman, Ishaku. The minister added that he persuaded Joshua to step down for Ishaku, owing to the plans for Tinubu\u2019s re-election in the 2027 presidential election.\n<\/p>\n
\u201cWhere is Julius? Come. Let me tell you why I tell you that it\u2019s good to be humble. It\u2019s good to obey your people. I never knew this young man until the last area council election, and he was a very formidable candidate, very formidable. But when I sat down with leadership, we agreed on Joshua, and I called him. I said, \u2018Look, for the sake of what we are doing, planning for the next year\u2019s election for Mr President, can you please step down so that we can have a free election?\u2019<\/p>\n
\u201cHe did not waste time. He said, \u2018Sir, anything you tell me to do, as far as it\u2019s for the interest of the people of Bwari, as far as it will unite the team of Bola Ahmed Tinubu, I\u2019m ready to do it.\u2019 Instantly, he stepped down, and he said, \u2018Please do me a favour; call my father.\u2019 And I called his father, and the father said, \u2018My son, I have seen what you are doing in Bwari; I hand him over to you. Anything you tell him to do, he will do it. Now you have told him to stand down, and I know he has done that before you. But let me say before you now; he will not run that election. He will support Joshua,’\u201d Wike quoted Adamu\u2019s father as saying.\n<\/p>\n
The FCT minister added, \u201cLet me say here today, immediately I leave here, I will send this name to Mr President for an appointment. He will be the man I will recommend to Mr President for him to be in charge of FCT UBEC.\u201d <\/p>\n
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Related News<\/header>\n<\/p><\/div>\nAt this moment, our correspondent observed that\u00a0Joshua went on his knees to thank the minister. Likewise, 17 other members of the crowd \u2014 13 men and four women \u2014 came towards Wike to express their joy over the minister\u2019s announcement.\n<\/p>\n
Wike noted Tinubu\u2019s readiness to make the people of Bwari happy, saying, \u201cSo please, I have said anything that will make you happy; that is always what Mr President stands for.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
The minister urged the people to make efforts to ensure Tinubu and other APC candidates vying for different political offices become victorious in the 2027 elections.\n<\/p>\n
\u201cYou see? I will say this again; don\u2019t listen to political gamblers. Don\u2019t listen to political kalukalu people. We are going to work with the President because we have seen what he\u2019s doing for Bwari. We have seen that the President means well for you,\u201d Wike added.\n<\/p>\n