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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has announced winners of the FCT Area Council Elections held on Saturday with the the rulling All Progressive Congress (APC), winning three Area Councils and the major opposition Peoples Democratic party (PDP) winning the remaining three.
The ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) won Gwagwalada, Kwali and Abaji, while the opposition Peoples Democratic party (PDP), won in Abuja Municipal Area Council AMAC, Kuje and Bwari respectively.
Before the Saturday elections the APC were controlling only two out of the six Area Councils – AMAC and Kwali while PDP were controlling four, Bwari, Kuje, Gwagwalada and Abaji.
Aside from the six Chairmen, the electorates in the Federal Capital Territory also elected 62 councillors.
ThisNigeria can authoritatively report that over 400 candidates and their running mates contested for these positions on the platforms of the 14 parties.
The results from the 62 wards in the Nigerian capital was collated Saturday night and final announcement by INEC, made yesterday.
The results as declared by INEC are as follows:
PDP floors APC to win Kuje chairmanship election
The INEC has declared Suleman Sabo of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) the winner of the February 12 Kuje Area Council chairmanship election in the Federal Capital Territory.
Mr Sabo, the council’s incumbent chairman who will now serve his second term in office, defeated the other five candidates in each of the 10 wards in the area council.
He gathered a total of 13,301 votes to defeat his closest rival, Sarki Hamidu of the All-Progressive Congress (APC), who secured 7,694 votes to emerge second.
By this, the PDP candidate defeated the APC with a total margin of 5,607 votes.
Sule Magaji, the INEC Returning Officer for the Kuje Area Council election, announced the final results on Sunday morning.
Results of wards officially announced
APC wins Gwagwalada
The candidate of the All-Progressives Congress, Jubrin Abubakar, has been declared as the Chairman-elect of Gwagwalada Area Council at the Saturday Council elections.
Mr. Abubakar, a former chairman of the council, defeated his opponent, Mohammed Kassim of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Mr Abubakar polled 11,125 votes and was declared by the INEC Returning Officer, ID Umar as the winner of the keenly contested election.
Mr Kassim of the PDP polled 9,597 votes.
Chairman (Gwagwalada) Total
Total Valid Votes 21,037
Rejected Votes 739
Total Votes Cast 21,776
PDP wins Bwari Area Council
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP, John Gabaya, as the Chairman-elect of Bwari Area Council in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
Mr Gabaya, who was re-elected for a second two-year term, defeated his closest rival, Audi Shekwolo of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
Mr Gabaya scored 13,045 votes, while Mr Shekwolo had 7,697 votes, according to the INEC Returning Officer, Amochi Madu, who announced the result yesterday.
The candidate of the All-Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Abubakar Abdullahi, polled 603 votes to come a distant third position.
PDP floors APC to win AMAC chairmanship election.
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has been declared the winner of the just concluded chairmanship election for Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC).
Christopher Zakka (Maikalangu) of the PDP defeated his closest rival, Murtala Karshi (Yamarayi) of the All-Progressive Congress (APC), and 10 others, to win the election.
Mr Zakka polled 19,302 votes while Mr Karshi secured 13,249 votes.
AMAC, arguably the most cosmopolitan of the six area councils in Abuja, has 12 wards and includes the city centre of the Nigerian capital.’
The PDP won in 10 wards while the APC won in only two.
The results for AMAC were officially declared by the INEC Returning Officer, Sani Saka.
Below are the final results of the 12 wards in AMAC Area Council.
APC wins in Kwali
The INEC also declared the All-Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner of the Kwali Area Council chairmanship election in the Federal Capital Territory.
Danladi Chiya of the APC defeated his closest rival, Haruna Pai of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), to win the keenly contested election.
The INEC Returning Officer for Kwali Area Council, Wesley Daniel, who made the announcement, said Mr Chiya polled 7,646 votes while Mr Pai garnered 7,345 votes, a difference of 301 votes.
Mr Chiya, the council’s incumbent chairman, will now serve his second term in office.
The APC candidate won in nine of the ten wards in the area council.
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He had earlier promised to continue with his mandate of infrastructural development in the area council.
See the results of some of the wards in Kwali below.
APC wins Abaji but no candidate can be declared winner – INEC
The electoral commission (INEC) has declared the All-Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner of the chairmanship election in Abaji Area Council of Abuja.
However, due to a legal tussle over who the authentic candidate of the APC is, none of the party’s aspirants will be declared winner of the election, INEC said.
