The case followed a viral video in which Shekwolo was allegedly heard saying: “I have said in my area council that it’s either you are for the APC or you leave the area council. I am not arguing about it at all.”
The Chairman of Kuje Area Council in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Samuel Danjuma Shekwolo, has been dragged before the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory over an alleged statement directing residents to support the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) or leave the area council.
The suit, marked FCT/HC/CV/3984/2026, was filed by Chronicles Reporters News Limited and Mannaseh B.P., a registered member of the African Action Congress (AAC) and resident of Kuje Area Council.
The applicants, through their lawyers at Pathlegal and Co., are asking the court to intervene in what they described as an alleged threat to their constitutional rights, particularly their freedom of expression, association, movement and protection against discrimination.
The case followed a viral video in which Shekwolo was allegedly heard saying: “I have said in my area council that it’s either you are for the APC or you leave the area council. I am not arguing about it at all.”
