BREAKING: PDP floors APC to win Kuje chairmanship election in Abuja
The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC has declared Suleman Sabo of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) the winner of the February 12 Kuje Area Council chairmanship election in the Federal Capital Territory.
Mr Sabo, the council’s incumbent chairman who will now serve his second term in office, defeated the other five candidates in each of the 10 wards in the area council.
He gathered a total of 13,301 votes to defeat his closest rival, Sarki Hamidu of the All Progressive Congress (APC), who secured 7,694 votes to emerge second.
The PDP candidate defeated the APC with a total margin of 5,607 votes. Sule Magaji, the INEC Returning Officer for the Kuje Area Council election, announced the final results on Sunday morning. Results of wards officially announced:
Kuje Central (ward 01) APC- 1717 PDP-3671 Chibiri ( ward 02) APC- 1,172 PDP–1,839 Gaube (ward 03) APC – 1793 PDP -2,226 Kwaku ( ward 04) APC :562 PDP :1450 Kabi (ward 05) APC- 271 PDP-433 Rubochi (ward 06) APC – 1047 PDP – 1506
Gwargwada (ward 07) APC- 365 PDP-583 Gudrun Karya ( ward 08) APC -420 PDP -1032 Kujekwa (ward 09) APC-76 PDP:106 Yenche ( ward 10) APC:271 PDP:455
Sule Magaji, the INEC Returning Officer for the Kuje Area Council election, announced the final results on Sunday morning.