Nigeria, Feb. 21 -- The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said the withdrawal of some of its candidates from the forthcoming Area Council elections in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) was carried out without the party's consent.

The National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Ini Ememobong, in a statement issued on Friday, said the party's leadership received reports of the candidates' withdrawal from the contest with dismay.

Mr Ememobong maintained that the action was anti-democratic and condemned the development.

"The National Working Committee of the Party @OfficialPDPNig has received with utter dismay the news of the withdrawal or stepping down of some chairmanship candidates of our party fr...