PDP Encircles Presidential Villa After FCT Council Election

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Sunday declared Christopher Zakka of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), as winner of the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC), FCT Chairmanship Election held on Saturday giving the opposition party control of the council encircling the Presidential Villa.

The PDP also won Bwari and Kuje Area Councils two of the more urban areas of the FCT leaving the All Progressives Congress, APC with control of Gwagwalada and two of the more rural areas of the FCT, Kwali and Abaji Area Councils.

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the PDP candidate scored 19,302 votes to defeat Murtala Usman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), who polled 13,240 votes out of the 34,675 total votes cast in the AMAC, FCT election.

Declaring the results, the INEC Retuning Officer for AMAC, Prof. Sani Saka, at Karu, said “Zakka of the PDP, having satisfied the requirements of the law, is here declared winner and returned elected.”

According to Saka, the total number of accredited voters in the council election was 35,010; total registered voters was 687,274; valid votes was 33,764; while the invalid votes was 21.

The election to the chairmanship positions was contested by 55 candidates (52 male and three female) while the vice-chairmanship consists of 47 male and eight female candidates sponsored by 14 political parties.

There were 363 candidates who contested for the councillorship positions comprising 332 males and 31 female contestants.

Overall, some 473 candidates and their running mates vied for 68 elective posts. (NAN)

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