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Official] FCT Council Election: Like Kuje, Bwari, INEC Declares PDP Winner In AMAC
Like it did in Kuje and Bwari Area Councils, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has won the Chairmanship election held on Saturday in the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC), 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 10 wards.
Details below:
Collation of election results for AMAC.
NYANYA WARD
REGISTERED VOTERS : 53, 263
ACCREDITED VOTERS: 3301
APC: 1,199
PDP: 1,861
JIWA WARD
REGISTERED VOTERS :
43, 572
ACCREDITED VOTERS : 2831
APC: 1,224
PDP : 1,429
GUI WARD
REGISTERED VOTERS : 27,378
ACCREDITED VOTERS : 2591
APC : 834
PDP: 1606
KARSHI WARD
REGISTERED VOTERS : 13,943
ACCREDITED VOTERS : 1678
APC: 1,477
PDP: 180
Reports of Snatching of Chairmanship ballot box and malfunctioning of BVAS
GWAGWA WARD
REGISTERED VOTERS : 39,960
ACCREDITED VOTERS : 2952
APC: 1,158
PDP : 1,624
OROZO WARD
REGISTERED VOTERS : 30, 417
ACCREDITED VOTERS : 1051
APC: 335
PDP: 674
CITY CENTER WARD
REGISTERED VOTERS : 74, 245
ACCREDITED VOTERS : 2360
APC: 1,093
PDP: 1,137
Reports of attack on INEC officials who were reportedly beaten up
GARKI WARD
REGISTERED VOTERS : 86,109
ACCREDITED : 4,385
APC: 914
PDP : 2,983
KARU WARD
REGISTERED VOTERS : 59,485
ACCREDITED VOTERS: 2,857
APC: 863
PDP: 1,848
GWARIMPA WARD
REGISTERED VOTERS: 99,384
ACCREDITED VOTERS : 4,953
APC: 2,086
PDP: 2,609
WUSE WARD
REGISTERED VOTERS :88070
ACCREDITED VOTERS :1897
APC: 933
PDP : 857
KABUSA WARD
REGISTERED VOTERS: 71,448
ACCREDITED VOTERS : 4,154
APC: 1,124
PDP: 2,494
Total votes
PDP: 19,302
APC: 13,240
Following the conclusion of the collation, the Retuning Officer, Professor Sani Saka, declared the PDP candidate, Christopher Zakka, winner of the election, having polled 19,302, against the candidate of the APC, Mr Murtala Karshi, who polled 13,240.
