{"id":59368,"date":"2022-02-13T15:21:18","date_gmt":"2022-02-13T14:21:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/fct-council-polls-pdp-in-early-lead-as-amac-resumes-collation"},"modified":"2022-02-13T16:05:29","modified_gmt":"2022-02-13T15:05:29","slug":"fct-council-polls-pdp-in-early-lead-as-amac-resumes-collation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/fct-council-polls-pdp-in-early-lead-as-amac-resumes-collation","title":{"rendered":"FCT Council Polls: PDP in early lead as AMAC resumes collation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Peoples\u2019 Democratic Party (PDP) appears to be coasting to victory in Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) at the just concluded FCT Council elections.<\/p>\n<p>At the resumption of votes collation at the Local Government centre Sunday morning, the PDP lead in 10 out of 11 Council Wards collated.<\/p>\n<p>The breakdown of the votes for AMAC chairmanship as returned from each ward are as follows:<\/p>\n<p>WARD \u2013 NYANYA<\/p>\n<p>APC -1,199<\/p>\n<p>PDP \u2013 1,861<\/p>\n<p>ACCREDITED VOTERS \u2013 3,301<\/p>\n<p>REGISTERED VOTERS \u2013 53,237<\/p>\n<p>WARD \u2013 JIWA<\/p>\n<p>APC -1,224<\/p>\n<p>PDP \u2013 1,429<\/p>\n<p>ACCREDITED VOTERS \u2013 2,831<\/p>\n<p>REGISTERED VOTERS \u2013 43,572<\/p>\n<p>WARD \u2013 GUI<\/p>\n<p>APC -834<\/p>\n<p>PDP \u2013 1,606<\/p>\n<p>WARD \u2013 KARSHI<\/p>\n<p>APC -1,477<\/p>\n<p>PDP \u2013 180<\/p>\n<p>ACCREDITED VOTERS \u2013 1,678<\/p>\n<p>REGISTERED VOTERS \u2013 13,943<\/p>\n<p>WARD \u2013 GWAGWA<\/p>\n<p>APC -1,158<\/p>\n<p>PDP \u2013 1,624<\/p>\n<p>ACCREDITED VOTERS \u2013 2,952<\/p>\n<p>REGISTERED VOTERS \u2013 39,960<\/p>\n<p>WARD \u2013 OROZO<\/p>\n<p>APC -335<\/p>\n<p>PDP \u2013 674<\/p>\n<p>ACCREDITED VOTERS \u2013 1,051<\/p>\n<p>REGISTERED VOTERS \u2013 30,417<\/p>\n<p>WARD \u2013 CITY CENTER<\/p>\n<p>APC -1,093<\/p>\n<p>PDP \u2013 1,137<\/p>\n<p>ACCREDITED VOTERS \u2013 2,360<\/p>\n<p>REGISTERED VOTERS \u2013 74,245<\/p>\n<p>WARD \u2013 GARKI<\/p>\n<p>APC -914<\/p>\n<p>PDP \u2013 2,983<\/p>\n<p>ACCREDITED VOTERS \u2013 4,385<\/p>\n<p>REGISTERED VOTERS \u2013 86,109<\/p>\n<p>WARD \u2013 KARU<\/p>\n<p>APC -863<\/p>\n<p>PDP \u2013 1,848<\/p>\n<p>ACCREDITED VOTERS \u2013 2,857<\/p>\n<p>REGISTERED VOTERS \u2013 59,485<\/p>\n<p>WARD \u2013 GWARINPA<\/p>\n<p>APC -2,086<\/p>\n<p>PDP \u2013 2,609<\/p>\n<p>ACCREDITED VOTERS \u2013 4,953<\/p>\n<p>REGISTERED VOTERS \u2013 99,384<\/p>\n<p>WARD \u2013 WUSE<\/p>\n<p>APC -933<\/p>\n<p>PDP \u2013 857<\/p>\n<p>ACCREDITED VOTERS \u2013 1,897<\/p>\n<p>REGISTERED VOTERS \u2013 88,070<\/p>\n<p>TOTAL COLLATED VOTES<\/p>\n<p>APC \u2013 12,116<\/p>\n<p>PDP \u2013 16,808.<\/p>\n<p>As of the time of filing this report, the results from Kabusa Ward was being expected.<\/p>\n<p>The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Saturday, 12th February 2022, conducted elections into 6 Chairmanship seats and 62 Councillorship seats across the 6 Area Councils of the FCT.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Peoples\u2019 Democratic Party (PDP) appears to be coasting to victory in Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) at the just concluded FCT Council elections. At the resumption of votes collation at the Local Government centre Sunday morning, the PDP lead in 10 out of 11 Council Wards collated. 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