Abuja Elections: PDP wins 5 chairmanship seats ... others also win

THE Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has won five chairmanship seats in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja Area council election conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), with 44 councillors emerging, while the All Nigerian People’s Party (ANPP) won one chairmanship seat and 10 councillorship seats.

This is just as the PDP mocked the opposition political parties, saying that the outcome of the election was an indication that Nigerians had rejected the much-touted move to form a mega party.

According to a statement made available to newsmen by Mr Okeize Nwankwo, Head of Public Affairs of the FCT INEC, on Sunday, the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) and Congress for the Progressive Change (CPC) had three councillors each, with three outstanding seats.

According to the statement, PDP won the chairmanship seats of the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC), Abaji Area Council, Kuje Area Council, Bwari Area Council and Kwali Area Council, while the ANPP won the chairmanship seat of Gwagwalada Area Council.

It added that the PDP won 11 councillorship seats in AMAC, while the CPC had one seat; in Abaji, PDP had six councillorship seats, ACN, three, while one was outstanding.

In Gwagwalada, according to the statement, ANPP had eight councillorship seats, PDP, two; Kuje, PDP had nine councillorship seats and one outstanding; Bwari: PDP, seven councillorship seats, CPC, one and in Kwali, PDP had nine councillorship seats, while ANPP had one.

Speaking through its national publicity secretary, Chief Olisa Metuh, in a statement in Abuja, on Sunday, the PDP said the victory was a landslide, adding that the opposition had failed. - Tribune

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