By Goodluck Ikiebe.
From Gwagwalada area council of the FCT, our Correspondent reports that the APC candidate, Alhaji Abubakar Jibrin Giri, was announced as the winner of the election.
In Bwari, the Candidate of the People’s Democratic Party PDP, Mr John Gabaya, has been declared winner of the Chairmanship election in Bwari Area Council of the FCT.
The Returning Officer for Chairmanship Election in Bwari, Professor Amuche Madu, declared Mr Gabaya who polled 13045 to defeat his closest rival Mr Haruna Shekwolo of All Progressives Congress APC who scored 7697.
Mr Gabaya was then returned elected having met the requirements of the Constitution and the electoral law.
PDP has won 9 out of 11 wards declared so far. AMAC has 12 wards. Only Kabusa is being awaited.
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is leading in 9 out of 11 wards collated in the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) Chairmanship and Councillorship elections held on Saturday in the FCT Area Council election.
There are 12 wards in AMAC, including Gwagwa, City Centre, Garki, Kabusa, Wuse, Gwarinpa, Jiwa, Gui, Karshi, Orozo, Karu and Nyanya.
However, the All Progressives Congress (APC) won in only Wuse and Karshi wards, leaving the PDP to win the remaining 9 wards, while the result of Kabusa is being awaited.
Details below:
1) NYANYA WARD
REGISTERED VOTERS : 53, 263
ACCREDITED VOTERS: 3301
APC: 1199
PDP: 1861
2) JIWA WARD
REGISTERED VOTERS :
43, 572
ACCREDITED VOTERS : 2831
APC: 1224
PDP : 1429
3)GUI WARD
REGISTERED VOTERS : 27,378
ACCREDITED VOTERS : 2591
APC : 834
PDP: 1606
4) KARSHI WARD
REGISTERED VOTERS : 13,943
ACCREDITED VOTERS : 1678
APC: 1477
PDP: 180
5)GWAGWA WARD
REGISTERED VOTERS : 39,960
ACCREDITED VOTERS : 2952
APC: 1158
PDP : 1624
6) OROZO WARD
REGISTERED VOTERS : 30, 417
ACCREDITED VOTERS : 1051
APC:335
PDP: 674
7) CITY CENTER WARD
REGISTERED VOTERS : 74, 245
ACCREDITED VOTERS : 2360
APC: 1093
PDP: 1137
8)GARKI WARD
REGISTERED VOTERS : 86,109
ACCREDITED : 4,385
APC: 914
PDP : 2983
9) KARU WARD
REGISTERED VOTERS : 59,485
ACCREDITED VOTERS: 2,857
APC: 863
PDP: 1848
10) GWARIMPA WARD
REGISTERED VOTERS: 99,384
ACCREDITED VOTERS : 4,953
APC : 2086
PDP: 2609
11) WUSE WARD
REGISTERED VOTERS :88070
ACCREDITED VOTERS :1897
APC: 933
PDP : 857
The Candidate of the People’s Democratic Party PDP, Christopher Zaka, has been declared winner of the Chairmanship election in the Abuja municipal Area Council of the FCT.
The Returning Officer for Chairmanship Election in the municipal area council, Professor Sani Saka, declared Mr Christopher Zaka who polled 19302 to defeat his closest rival Mr Murtala karshi of All Progressives Congress APC who scored 13340 with a margin lead of 5962.
The PDP also won the Councillorship with about 2494 over close rival of 1124 votes.