The Returning Officer for the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) election, Professor Sani Saka, has declared the PDP candidate, Christopher Zakka, winner of the election, having polled 19,302, against his closest rival of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Mr Murtala Karshi, who polled 13,240.
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 ten 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
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
GARKI WARD
REGISTERED VOTERS: 86,109
ACCREDITED VOTERS: 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
Meanwhile, the agent for the APC, the Vice-Chairman of AMAC, Mr Onuchukwu Lawrence, staged a walkout of the centre in protest of the results.
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