Christopher Maikalangu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has been proclaimed the elected chairman of the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
According to Prof. Andrew Abue, AMAC’s Collation Officer, Maikalangu, the current AMAC chairman, was re-elected with the most votes cast (40,295) out of the 62,861 valid votes cast.
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) received 3,398 votes, while the African Democratic Congress (ADC) received 12,109, according to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).
Abue reports that there were 2,336 rejected ballots, 62,861 legitimate votes, and 65,197 total votes cast.
He stated that there were 837,338 registered voters in AMAC and 65,676 accredited voters overall.
“That Maikalangu of the APC, having certified the requirements of the law is hereby declared the winner and is returned elected,” Abue said.
According to him, the scores of the 12 political parties and their candidates that contested the AMAC chairmanship election are:
Agbon Vaniah of the Accord (A)-403 votes
Nemiebika Tamunomiesam of the Action Alliance (AA)-108 votes
Paul Ogidi of African Democratic Congress (ADC)-12,109 votes
Richard Elizabeth of the Action Democratic Party (ADP) -588 votes
Christopher Maikalangu of the All Progressives Congress (APC)-40,295 votes
Eze Chukwu of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA)-1,111 votes
Chukwu Promise of the Allied Peoples Movement (APM)-122 votes .
Ugoh Michael of the Action Peoples Party(APP)-32 votes
Thomas Happiness of the Boot Party (BP)-43 votes.
Jibrin Alhassan of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP)-1,694 votes.
Samson Usani of the National Rescue Movement (NRM)-73 votes.
Dantani Zanda of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)-3,398 votes
Iber Shimakaha of the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP)-90 votes
Simon Obinna of the Social Democratic Party (SDP)-2,185 votes
Madaki Robert of the Young Progressives Party (YPP)- 421 votes; and
Swani Buba of the Zenith Labour Party (ZLP)-189 votes.
Gambo Babale, the APC Collation Agent, described the election and collation process as credible in an interview with reporters that followed the results announcement.
He congratulated the winner and stated that Maikalangu’s victory would allow the people of AMAC to benefit more from democracy.
The results, according to Babale, showed that the APC was prepared for victory in 2025.
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