Nigeria, Feb. 14 -- The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Nentawe Yilwatda, on Friday, inaugurated the party's National Campaign Council for the forthcoming 21 February Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Area Council election.

Mr Yilwatda inaugurated the campaign council at the APC National Secretariat in Abuja, signalling the party's full entry into the race for control of the grassroots structures in the nation's capital.

He expressed optimism that the ruling party would win all six councils.

Mr Yilwatda described the FCT contest as more than a local election, calling it a strategic political exercise that would test the APC's grassroots machinery ahead of the 2027 general elections.

He said the outcome would in...