APC wins AMAC chairmanship election in Abuja | Nairalaw

The candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi
Adamu, has been declared the winner of the Abuja Municipal Area
Council (AMAC) chairmanship election.

Mr Adamu, who is the incumbent chairman, defeated his closest
rival, Vivian Anazodo of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) by a
wide margin.

He was returned elected by the Independent National Electoral
Commission (INEC) having scored the highest votes cast in the
Saturday’s election.

The Returning Officer of the area council, Muhammadu Ndagi of
the Department of Linguistics, University of Abuja, said Mr Adamu
won after he polling total votes of 53,538 to defeat the PDP
candidate who garnered 35, 753 votes.

The candidate of the Peoples Trust (PT), John Bawa, came third
with 1,794 votes.

Mr Ndagi said the total number of valid votes were 95,938 while
invalid votes were 2,615.

AMAC is the main and richest area council in the Nigerian
capital. It houses the city centre where the Nigerian federal
government is primarily based.

See the breakdown of the results below

APC – 53,538

PDP – 35,753

PT – 1,784

SDP – 1,062