Final Results from Abuja’s 6 Area Councils Emerge as released by the Independent National Electoral Commission showed that both All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) won three councils each
The Area Councils are: Abaji ,Bwari ,Gwagwalada, Kuje, Kwali and Abuja Municipal (AMAC). In Gwagwalada, the candidate of the AP, Jubrin Abubakar, was declared as the chairman-elect of Gwagwalada Area Council. Abubakar, a former chairman of the council, defeated his opponent, Mohammed Kassim of the PDP by polling 11,125 votes. His closest rival, Kassim of the PDP, polled 9,597 votes.
In Kwali, INEC declared the APC’s Danladi Chiya as the winner of the Kwali Area Council chairmanship election. Chiya defeated his closest rival, Haruna Pai of the PDP to win the election. According to the INEC Returning Officer for Kwali Area Council, Wesley Daniel, Chiya polled 7,646 votes while Pai garnered 7,345 votes. Chiya who is the council’s incumbent chairman will now serve his second term in office.
In Abaji, INEC also declared the APC winner of the chairmanship election in Abaji area council. The INEC returning officer of the council election in at Abaji, Prof Gabriel Mordi, announced the result. He declared that APC scored 7, 289 votes to defeat the candidate of the opposition PDP, Alhaji Yahaya Garba Gawu, who got 4, 062 votes.
However, PDP won in Kuje chairmanship poll, Prof Mordi, said the winner will be announced after the determination of the case before the court in Abuja. It was gathered that an APC chairmanship aspirant in the area, Abubakar Umar Abdullahi, had filed a suit before Supreme court, after an FCT High court and Appeal court has nulified his candidature and declared Alhaji Mohammed Angulu Loko, as the authentic chairmanship candidate of the APC. Both the FCT High court and Appeal had ordered INEC to withdraw Abubakar Umar Abdullahi’s name and replace it with Alhaji Mohammed Angulu Loko, as the APC chairmanship candidate. Area In Kuje Area Council, INEC declared Suleman Sabo of the PDP the winner of election.
Sabo is the council’s incumbent chairman and will now serve his second term in office. He polled a total of 13,301 votes to defeat his closest rival, Sarki Hamidu of the APC who secured 7,694 votes to emerge second. Sule Magaji, the INEC Returning Officer for the Kuje Area Council election, announced the final results on Sunday morning, February 13.
In Bwari PDP’s John Gabaya was declared the chairman-elect of Bwari Area Council. He was re-elected for a second two-year term by polling 13,045 votes to defeat his closest rival, Audi Shekwolo of the APC who had 7,697 votes.
In AMAC, Christopher Zakka (Maikalangu) of the PDP defeated his closest rival, Murtala Karshi (Yamarayi) of the APC and 10 others, to win the election. It was learnt that Zakka polled 19,302 votes while Karshi secured 13,249 votes.
