The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Christopher Maikalangu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) winner of the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) chairmanship election in the Federal Capital Territory.
Announcing the results at the AMAC collation centre, the collation officer, Andrew Abue, said Maikalangu—who is the incumbent chairman—polled 40,295 votes to clinch victory out of 62,861 valid votes cast.
Abue said the African Democratic Congress (ADC) came second with 12,109 votes, while the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) trailed with 3,398 votes.
He disclosed that 2,336 votes were rejected, bringing the total votes cast to 65,197, while 65,676 voters were accredited from 837,338 registered voters in the council.
“Having satisfied the requirements of the law, Christopher Maikalangu of the APC is hereby declared the winner and returned elected,” Abue stated.
Vote Breakdown
APC (Christopher Maikalangu): 40,295
ADC (Paul Ogidi): 12,109
PDP (Dantani Zanda): 3,398
SDP (Simon Obinna): 2,185
NNPP (Jibrin Alhassan): 1,694
APGA (Eze Chukwu): 1,111
ADP (Richard Elizabeth): 588
YPP (Madaki Robert): 421
Accord (Agbon Vaniah): 403
ZLP (Swani Buba): 189
APM (Chukwu Promise): 122
AA (Nemiebika Tamunomiesam): 108
PRP (Iber Shimakaha): 90
NRM (Samson Usani): 73
BP (Thomas Happiness): 43
APP (Ugoh Michael): 32
Reacting to the outcome, APC collation agent Gambo Babale praised INEC for what he described as a transparent and credible process, noting that party agents monitored proceedings across polling units, ward centres and the area council collation centre.
“The fact that the PDP won two councillorship seats in Karu and Karishi wards further shows the level of transparency in this election,” Babale said, adding that the result signals the APC’s readiness for the 2027 general elections.
Similarly, YPP ward collation agent Abdullahi Ibrahim commended the conduct of the exercise and congratulated the winner.
Result sheets were signed by agents of the ADC, APC, APGA, YPP and NNPP present at the collation centre.
