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<p>The All Progressives Congress (APC) has secured a dominant victory in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Area Council elections, winning five out of the six chairmanship seats up for grabs.</p>
<p>Results announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) show the APC victorious in the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC), Bwari, Kwali, Kuje, and Abaji Area Councils. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) claimed the sole remaining seat, winning in Gwagwalada Area Council.</p>
<p>In AMAC, the incumbent chairman and APC candidate, Christopher Maikalangu, secured re-election with a decisive 40,295 votes. His closest rival, the candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), polled 12,109 votes, while the PDP candidate trailed with 3,398 votes.</p><div class="fnPhi9Qk" style="clear:both;float:left;width:100%;margin:0 0 20px 0;"><script async src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>

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<p>The APC also triumphed in Bwari, where Joshua Ishaku clinched the chairmanship with 18,466 votes. The ADC candidate came second with 4,254 votes, followed by the Zenith Labour Party (ZLP) candidate with 3,515 votes.</p>
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<p>In Kwali, the ruling party’s candidate, Daniel Nuhu, defeated the PDP’s Haruna Pai, scoring 17,032 votes against Pai’s 8,575 votes.</p>
<p>Similarly, in Abaji, APC’s Abubakar secured a commanding win with 15,536 votes, far outpacing his PDP rival, who garnered 4,547 votes. The ADC candidate finished a distant third with just 37 votes.</p>
<p>The Kuje contest was the closest of the APC victories. The party’s candidate, Hon. Samuel, narrowly defeated the PDP challenger, polling 3,808 votes against the PDP’s 3,699 votes. The ADC candidate trailed with 152 votes.</p>
<p>Amidst the APC sweep, the Peoples Democratic Party secured a significant win in Gwagwalada Area Council. Its candidate, Mohammed Kasim, emerged victorious with 22,165 votes, defeating his closest rival, Yahaya Shehu of the APC, who polled 17,788 votes.</p>
<p>The Social Democratic Party (SDP) finished a distant third with 432 votes. It was followed by the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), which secured 1,687 votes, and the African Democratic Congress (ADC) with 1,366 votes. Several other parties trailed, including the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) with 175 votes, the Young Progressives Party (YPP) with 158 votes, and the Action Democratic Party (ADP) with 128 votes. The Allied Peoples Movement (APM) recorded the lowest tally with just 24 votes.</p>
<p>INEC Returning Officer for Gwagwalada, Philip Akpen, who declared Mr. Kasim the winner, described the election in the council as peaceful and orderly, noting that voting and collation proceeded without major disruptions.</p>
<p>The Gwagwalada chairmanship election recorded 207,577 registered voters, with 46,294 accredited to vote. A total of 43,960 votes were declared valid, while 1,521 ballots were rejected.</p>
<p>The FCT elections were closely watched, reflecting the heightened political competition between the APC and the PDP. Smaller parties struggled to make significant inroads in most councils, with the ADC performing as the primary opposition in several areas but failing to secure any chairmanship seat.</p>
<p>INEC is expected to conclude collation and announce the final results for any outstanding positions as the process is completed across all six Area Councils.</p>
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