The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has approved the appointment of Mr. Sani Musa Daura as his Senior Special Assistant on Protocol Matters.
This was confirmed in a statement on Wednesday by the Minister’s Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and Social Media, Lere Olayinka.
Olayinka described Daura as a veteran civil servant with over 30 years of experience in the FCTA Protocol Department. Daura was appointed Director of the FCT Protocol Department in 2019 and is set to retire from the civil service on January 24, 2026.
His new appointment as Senior Special Assistant will take effect immediately upon his retirement from the civil service.
Meanwhile, the Federal High Court in Abuja has upheld the exclusion of Labour Party (LP) candidates from the upcoming Area Council elections in the Federal Capital Territory, scheduled for February 21.
In a judgment delivered on Wednesday, Justice Peter Lifu refused to compel the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to accept and publish the LP’s list of candidates.
The court dismissed the suit, filed by the Labour Party and its candidates under case FHC/ABJ/CS/2110/2025, on the grounds that it was statute-barred.
Justice Lifu noted that the matter was a pre-election case under the provisions of the 1999 Constitution (as amended), and was not filed within the legally prescribed period. The suit had been filed on October 7, 2025, while the cause of action—the exclusion of LP candidates by INEC—occurred on October 22, 2025.
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