The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced Suleman Sabo of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) the winner of the February 12 Kuje Area Council chairmanship election in the Federal Capital Territory.
Sabo, the council’s incumbent chairman who will now serve his second term in office, floored the other five candidates in each of the 10 wards in the area council.
He gathered a total of 13,301 votes to trounced his closest rival, Sarki Hamidu of the All Progressive Congress (APC), who secured 7,694 votes to emerge second. By this, the PDP candidate won against the APC with a total difference of 5,607 votes. the INEC Returning Officer for the Kuje Area Council election, Sule Magaji, declared the final results on Sunday morning. As officially announced : Kuje Central (ward 01) APC- 1717 PDP-3671
Chibiri ( ward 02) NIRSAL AD APC- 1,172 PDP–1,839 Gaube (ward 03) APC – 1793 PDP -2,226 Kwaku ( ward 04) APC :562
PDP :1450 Kabi (ward 05) APC- 271 PDP-433 Rubochi (ward 06) APC – 1047 PDP – 1506 Gwargwada (ward 07) APC- 365 PDP-583 Gudrun Karya ( ward 08) APC -420 PDP -1032 Kujekwa (ward 09) APC-76 PDP:106 Yenche ( ward 10) APC:271 PDP
Meanwhile, the (INEC) has also declared the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP, John Gabaya, as the Chairman-elect of Bwari Area Council in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
Gabaya, who was re-elected for a second two-year term, trounced his closest rival, Audi Shekwolo of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
He scored 13,045 votes, while Mr Shekwolo had 7,697 votes, according to the INEC Returning Officer, Amochi Madu, who announced the result on Sunday morning.
The candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Abubakar Abdullahi, polled 603 votes to come to a distant third position.
Although, the Saturday elections were held across the 62 wards/constituencies spread across Bwari, Abaji, Gwagwalada, Kuje, Kwali, and Abuja Municipal Council (AMAC) area councils of the FCT.
Also, a total of 473 candidates sponsored by 14 political parties took part in the elections. With the recent result, PDP has now won in two area councils-Kuje and Bwari while APC won only in Gwagwalada at the last count.
The results of the remaining three area councils are still being expected despite some areas having serious challenges with BVAS.
Also, at the INEC office, PDP supporters are protesting an alleged manipulation of the results that have been so declared from the various wards.
Speaking to journalists, a PDP chieftain and a director of media of the PDP campaign council, said with the evidence received from all their agents, across the 12 wards, of the Abuja Municipal Council Area has shown clearly that PDP has won the election.
” Our good friend’s journalists, we are here talking to you as a matter of urgency that the unnecessary delay by INEC to announce or declare the winner of this election is giving us a great concern, and any attempt for them to manipulate it will be resisted”.
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