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, 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.
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 is 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.
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