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Early results from Nyanya in the FCT Area Council election in revealed that the All Progressives Congress, APC, is leading.
In Nyanya Ward belonging to the Abuja Municipal Area Council, AMAC, preliminary figures from Polling Unit 016 showed APC polling 13 votes in the chairmanship race, ahead of PDP (1), SDP (2), ADC (5) and APGA (1).
For councillorship in the same unit, APC scored 11 votes, PDP (1), SDP (0), ADC (4) and APGA (1). Out of 754 registered voters, only 22 were accredited.
Away to Polling Unit 091 in the same ward, APC recorded 20 votes in the chairmanship contest, while PDP and ADC scored one vote each, with BOOT and NNPP also recording one vote apiece.
In the councillorship race, APC scored 11 votes, PDP 12, and BOOT 1. The unit had 428 registered voters, with 24 accredited.
DAILY POST reports that the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, is conducting the polls for six chairmen and 62 councillors across 2,822 polling units, with more than 1.6 million registered voters in the FCT.
