FCT Council Polls: PDP In Early Lead As AMAC Resumes Collation

Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) appears to be coasting to victory in Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) at the just concluded FCT Council elections.

At the resumption of votes collation at the Local Government centre Sunday morning, the PDP lead in 10 out of 11 Council Wards collated.

The breakdown of the votes for AMAC chairmanship as returned from each ward are as follows:

WARD – NYANYA

APC -1,199
PDP – 1,861

ACCREDITED VOTERS – 3,301
REGISTERED VOTERS – 53,237

WARD – JIWA
APC -1,224
PDP – 1,429

ACCREDITED VOTERS – 2,831
REGISTERED VOTERS – 43,572

WARD – GUI
APC -834
PDP – 1,606

WARD – KARSHI
APC -1,477
PDP – 180

ACCREDITED VOTERS – 1,678
REGISTERED VOTERS – 13,943

WARD – GWAGWA
APC -1,158
PDP – 1,624

ACCREDITED VOTERS – 2,952
REGISTERED VOTERS – 39,960

WARD – OROZO
APC -335
PDP – 674

ACCREDITED VOTERS – 1,051
REGISTERED VOTERS – 30,417

WARD – CITY CENTER
APC -1,093
PDP – 1,137

ACCREDITED VOTERS – 2,360
REGISTERED VOTERS – 74,245

WARD – GARKI
APC -914
PDP – 2,983

ACCREDITED VOTERS – 4,385
REGISTERED VOTERS – 86,109

WARD – KARU
APC -863
PDP – 1,848

ACCREDITED VOTERS – 2,857
REGISTERED VOTERS – 59,485

WARD – GWARINPA
APC -2,086
PDP – 2,609

ACCREDITED VOTERS – 4,953
REGISTERED VOTERS – 99,384

WARD – WUSE
APC -933
PDP – 857

ACCREDITED VOTERS – 1,897
REGISTERED VOTERS – 88,070

TOTAL COLLATED VOTES
APC – 12,116
PDP – 16,808.

As of the time of filing this report, the results from Kabusa Ward was being expected.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Saturday, 12th February 2022, conducted elections into 6 Chairmanship seats and 62 Councillorship seats across the 6 Area Councils of the FCT.