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By Lawrence Agbo
Danjuma Shekwolo, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, won the Federal Capital Territory poll and was elected chairman of the Kuje Area Council.
Shekwolo scored 17,269 votes, the official results showed.
Returning Officer Prof. Nkiruka Odoh of the University of Abuja announced the results, stating that Shekwolo was duly elected and returned as the Chairman of Kuje Area Council after receiving the most votes and fulfilling all legal conditions.
Following closely behind the APC candidate, Zakwoyi Danlami of the Peoples Democratic Party received 15,824 votes, while Abdullahi Galadima of the All Progressive Grand Alliance received 4,305.
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The Kuje result completes the list of the six Federal Capital Territory area councils’ chairmanship winners.
INEC ealier declared Christopher Maikalangu of the APC as the elected chairman of the Abuja Municipal Area Council after securing 40,295 votes out of 62,861 valid votes cast and Joshua Ishaku of the APC won the Bwari Area Council chairmanship election after polling 18,466 votes.
The PDP candidate, Mohammed Kasim, emerged victoriou in Gwagwalada Area Council with 22,165 votes, defeating Yahaya Shehu of the APC, who polled 17,788 votes.
Similarly, Umar Abdullahi Abubakar of the APC won the Abaji Area Council election with 15,536 votes, while the PDP polled 4,547 votes.
In the Kwali Area Council, the APC candidate, Nuhu Daniel, was declared the winner after scoring 17,032 votes, defeating the PDP candidate, Haruna Pai, who secured 8,575 votes.
