APC’s Maikalangu Wins Abuja Municipal Area Council Election

By Adedapo Adesanya

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr Christopher Maikalangu, as the winner of the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) election, held on Saturday.

The results for the keenly observed municipal chairmanship poll were announced at the INEC area office in Karu at about 4:30 a.m on Sunday.

The Collation Officer for AMAC, Mr Andrew Abue, said that Mr 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.

“That Maikalangu of the APC, having certified the requirements of the law, is hereby declared the winner and is returned elected,” he declared.

Mr Abue stated that the African Democratic Congress (ADC) came second with 12,109 votes, while the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) polled 3,398 votes.

According to him, a professor, the rejected votes were 2,336, and the total valid votes were 62,861, while the total votes cast were 65,197.

He added that the number of registered voters in AMAC was 837,338, while the total number of accredited voters was 65,676.

According to him, the scores of the political parties and their candidates that contested the AMAC chairmanship election are:

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

Swani Buba of the Zenith Labour Party (ZLP) – 189 votes.