APC Wins Kuje Area Council Chairmanship Election

The candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Danjuma Shekwolo, has won the Kuje Area Council chairmanship election.  

Shekwolo won with 17,269 votes.

Declaring the results, the Returning officer, Nkiruka Odoh of the University of Abuja, said Shekwolo, having polled the highest votes and satisfied the requirements of the law, was duly elected and returned elected as Chairman of Kuje Area Council.

Closely following the APC candidate, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Zakwoyi Danlami, polled 15,824, while the candidate of the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA), Abdullahi Galadima, scored 4,305 votes.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) conducted elections in the six area councils of the FCT for chairmanship and councillorship positions last Saturday.

By-elections were conducted in the Ahoada East II and Khana II state constituencies of Rivers State.

Elections were also held in the Kano Municipal and Ungogo constituencies in Kano State.

INEC declared the APC as the winner of the elections in the Abuja Municipal Area, Kwali and Bwari Area councils.

It also declared Mohammed Kasim of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the winner of the Gwagwalada Area Council election.