The All Progressives Congress (APC) has won four chairmanship seats in the ongoing area council election in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) conducted elections in the six area councils in the nation’s capital.

They are AMAC, Bwari, Kwali, Abaji, Gwagwalada and Kuje.

In AMAC, Christopher Maikalangu was reelected.

The Collation Officer for AMAC, Prof. Andrew Abue, said that Maikalangu, who is the incumbent AMAC chairman, was returned elected having scored the highest number of votes cast, 40,295 out of the total number of Valid Votes of 62,861 in the election.

The African Democratic Congress (ADC) came second with 12,109 votes, while the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) polled 3,398 votes.

According to Abue, the rejected votes is 2,336 and total valid votes is 62,861, while the total vote cast is 65,197.

He added that the number of registered voters in AMAC was 837,338, while the total number of accredited voters was 65,676.

In Bwari Area Council Chairmanship election, Joshua Ishaku of the APC was declared winner.

Prof. Mohammed Nurudeen, the Returning Officer for Bwari chairmanship election, who announced the results on Sunday in Bwari, disclosed that Ishaku polled a total of 18,466 votes.

“I am the returning officer for the 2026 FCT Area Council, Bwari chairmanship held on Feb. 21, 2026.

“That Joshua Ishaku, having certified the requirements of the law is hereby declared the winner and is returned elected,” he said.

Nurudeen also said that the candidate of African Democratic Congress (ADC) scored a total of 4254 votes, while that of the Zenith Labour Party (ZLP) scored 3515 to come second and third places respectively.

The chairmanship election was conducted in 10 wards of the council, namely; Igu, Shere, Dutse, Ushafa, Byazhin, Kuduru, Kubwa, Usuma, Bwari central and Kawu.

In Kwali Area Council, Daniel Nuhu of the APC won the chairmanship seat with 17,032 votes.

Nuhu’s closest rival, Haruna Pai of the PDP polled a total of 8,575 votes to come second in the election.

In Abaji Area Council, Umar Abdullahi Abubakar of the APC was declared winner.

According to results announced on Sunday by INEC Presiding Officer, Abubakar polled a total of 15,535 votes to defeat his closest rival from the Young Progressives Party (YPP) who secured 5,357 votes.

PDP trailed with 4,547 votes, followed by the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) with 53 votes, and the African Democratic Congress (ADC) with 37 votes.

So far, the APC has won in Bwari, AMAC, Abaji, and Kwali, while the PDP has won in Gwagwalada.

The result of Kuje is expected to be released any moment from now. (Weekend Trust)

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