APC wins AMAC chairmanship election

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Christopher Maikalangu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the elected chairman of the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC).

The Collation Officer for AMAC, Prof. Andrew Abue, said that Maikalangu, the incumbent AMAC, was returned elected.

This was after having scored the highest number of votes cast, 40,295, out of the total number of Valid Votes of 62,861 in the election.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the African Democratic Congress (ADC) came second with 12,109 votes, while the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) polled 3,398 votes.

According to Abue, the rejected votes stood at 2,336 and total valid votes is 62,861, while the total vote cast is 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.

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

According to him, the scores of the 12 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.

Speaking in an interview with newsmen immediately after the announcement of the results, the APC Collation Agent, Gambo Babale, described the election and collation process as credible.

Babale said: “INEC has done so well.

“We’ve seen the processes across all the polling units, the ward coalition centres and here at AMAC area council coalition centre.

“Everything was done perfectly well.

“They’ve tried.

“They’ve done everything humanly possible.

“I believe this high level of transparency occurred in all the coalition’s exercise that took place in AMAC.

“PDP won about two ward councillors, Karu and Karishi.

“That is to tell you the level of transparency that happens in this election.”

While congratulating the winner, Babale said the victory was for Maikalangu to deliver more dividends of democracy to the people of AMAC.

He said that the results was an indication that the APC was ready for victory in 2025.

The YPP Ward Collation Agent, Abdullahi Ibrahim, also described the collation process as transparent, while congratulating the winner.

The result sheets were signed by the ADC, APC, APGA, YPP, and NNPP party agents present at the collation centre.