FCT Polls: INEC declares PDP winner of AMAC Chairmanship election

Hudu Yakubu Abuja

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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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