APC wins AMAC chairmanship election in FCT with 7.8% turnout of voters

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has declared Christopher Maikalangu of the All Progressives Congress (APC), as the elected chairman of the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC).

The Commission’s Collation Officer for AMAC, Prof. Andrew Abue, who made the announcement on Sunday morning, said Maikalangu who is the incumbent AMAC chairman, was returned elected having scored the highest number of votes cast, 40,295 out of the total number of valid votes of 62,861 in the election.

Abue stated that Maikalangu defeated the candidates of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) Paul Ogidi, who came second with 12,109 votes and Dantani Zanda of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who polled 3,398 votes to emerge third.

While making the announcement, Abue said:
“That Maikalangu of the APC, having certified the requirements of the law is hereby declared the winner and is returned elected.”

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Giving a breakdown of the election in the council, the Collation Officer said the number of registered voters in AMAC was 837,338, while the total number of accredited voters was 65,676. This is a 7.8% turnout of registered voters in the council.

Continuing, he said:

“The votes of the 12 political parties and their candidates that contested the election are as follows:

“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.”

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