…“Maikalangu of the APC, having satisfied the legal requirements, is hereby declared winner and returned elected,” Abue stated.
ABUJA, NIGERIA- The iNews Times | APC candidate Christopher Maikalangu has been declared the duly elected chairman of the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
The AMAC Collation Officer, Andrew Abue, declared that Maikalangu, who is the incumbent chairman, secured victory after polling 40,295 votes out of 62,861 valid votes cast in the election.
According to Abue, the African Democratic Congress placed second with 12,109 votes, while the Peoples Democratic Party garnered 3,398 votes. He disclosed that 2,336 votes were rejected, bringing the total votes cast to 65,197, with 62,861 counted as valid votes.
He further revealed that AMAC has 837,338 registered voters, while 65,676 voters were accredited for the poll.
“Maikalangu of the APC, having satisfied the legal requirements, is hereby declared winner and returned elected,” Abue stated.
Breakdown of votes scored by the political parties and their candidates:
Agbon Vaniah (Accord) – 403 votes
Nemiebika Tamunomiesam (Action Alliance) – 108 votes
Paul Ogidi (African Democratic Congress) – 12,109 votes
Richard Elizabeth (Action Democratic Party) – 588 votes
Christopher Maikalangu (APC) – 40,295 votes
Eze Chukwu (All Progressives Grand Alliance) – 1,111 votes
Chukwu Promise (Allied Peoples Movement) – 122 votes
Ugoh Michael (Action Peoples Party) – 32 votes
Thomas Happiness (Boot Party) – 43 votes
Jibrin Alhassan (New Nigeria Peoples Party) – 1,694 votes
Samson Usani (National Rescue Movement) – 73 votes
Dantani Zanda (Peoples Democratic Party) – 3,398 votes
Iber Shimakaha (Peoples Redemption Party) – 90 votes
Simon Obinna (Social Democratic Party) – 2,185 votes
Madaki Robert (Young Progressives Party) – 421 votes
Swani Buba (Zenith Labour Party) – 189 votes
Reacting after the announcement, APC collation agent Gambo Babale described both the election and collation processes as credible and transparent.
He commended INEC for conducting what he termed a thorough exercise across polling units, ward collation centres, and the AMAC collation centre, adding that the transparency of the process was evident.
Babale noted that the PDP secured two ward councillorship seats in Karu and Karishi, which he said further demonstrated the openness of the election.
While congratulating Maikalangu, he expressed confidence that the victory would translate into greater democratic dividends for AMAC residents and projected optimism for the APC ahead of the 2027 elections.
Similarly, YPP ward collation agent Abdullahi Ibrahim praised the transparency of the collation process and extended congratulations to the winner.
Result sheets were endorsed by party agents of the ADC, APC, APGA, YPP, and NNPP who were present at the collation centre.
