At the Bwari Area Council office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the Federal Capital Territory, ahead of today’s area council elections,   electoral materials were said to have been distributed to varies wards.

Card Readers

Early rreports indicate that the card readers are malfunctioning in some polling units.

However, the Electoral Office at Bwari Area Council, Alhaji Ahmed Tata in an interview with TheStreetReporters.com said technical men has been posted to each of the 10 electoral wards in the Area Council.

APGA Logo Omitted

An All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) councillorsh candidate for Kubwa ward in Bwari Area Council, Celestine Elechi alleged that his party ‘s logo was omittted on the ballot paper. He however expressed satisfaction with the process,  saying voting commenced according to schedule.

Speaking on the omission of the APGA logo on the ballot paper, the Electoral Office at Bwari Area Council, Alhaji Ahmed Tata explained that APGA is not participating in today’s exercise following a court verdict,  which had earlier ordered a re-run election fixed for April 19. 

Voters in Bwari Area Council of the FCT trooped out in large numbers on Saturday to elect a chairman and councillors of their choice.

Bwari and five other area councils namely Karu, Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC), Gwagwalada, Kuje and Kwali are participating in the exercise expected to elect chairmen and councillors into the councils.

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and All Progressives Congress (APC) were the main contenders in the elections.

In Gwagwalada, voters commend INEC, election officials for smooth conduct of council elections, even as they lauded new arrangement of simultaneous accreditation and voting.

Provisional results from the area council elections on Saturday April 9, 2016 are:

5:06 – PU 006 chikakore village, Byazhin ward
Chairmanship

APC 186
PDP 60

5:00 – FINAL COLLATED RESULTS IN L.E.A. PRIMARY SCH PU 014 ; CHAIRMANSHIP:

PDP 168,
APC 45.

COUNCILLORSHIP:
PDP 149,
APC 49

4:32 – Pyakasa PU, AMAC
Chairmanship:

PDP 303
APC 81

4:15 – PU 013 L.E.A. Primary School galadima village;
Chairmanship

PDP 121
APC 57

4:13 – Games Village PU, AMAC
Councillorship
PDP 29
APC 24

Chairmanship
PDP 23
APC 22

4:10 – Pigba Primary Sch, Garki, AMAC
Chairmanship

PDP 136
APC 14

Counselor
PDP 135
APC 13

4:07 – LEA Pry School PU 014 Box C
Chairmanship:
APC 11
PDP 49

Councillor:
PDP 46
ACD 1
SDP 1
APGA 1
APC 11

3:57 – L.E.A. Primary School Jabi PU 014; Box B:
Chairmanship
PDP 41
APC 6
PPA 1

Councillor:
APC 7
PDP 36
APGA 3

3:54 – L.E.A. Primary School Jabi PU 014; Box A:
Chairmanship:
PDP 18
APC 9
APGA 2
SDP 2
PPA 1

Councillor
APC 7,
PDP 36,
APGA 3

3:34 – PU 010 NYANYA AREA E:

PDP – Chairman – 64 Councillor – 66

APC – Chairman – 65 Councillor -40

Total invalid – 8

3:22 – Chairmanship

Kabusa Ward 001
Unit 3, AMAC

PDP 26
PPA 2
APC 20
APGA 1

3:20 – Councilorship

Kabusa Ward 001
Unit 3

PDP 22
APC 17
PPA 8

3:19 – Councilor Result, polling boot 23 PU 003 Dutse Sagwari

APC 29
PDP 36

3:17 – Polling Unit 006 Tasha Gwagwa, Chairman Election

PDP 152
APC 37

3:15 – PU 003 Dutse Sagwari, Councilor
Apc 49
PDP 24

PU 003 chairmansip.
APC 49,
PDP 25

APGA Wants Own Candidate Declared Gwagwalada Council Winner

The All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to officially declare its candidate for the Gwagwalada Area Council election winner of Saturday’s poll.

APGA said its candidate, Adamu Danze, scored the highest number of lawful votes cast after the collation of results from various polling booths, saying its candidate polled 15,312 against APC’s 14,546 and PDP’s 6,082.

In a statement by the party’s director of publicity, Ifeanacho Oguejiofor, APGA said it had information from reliable sources that pressure was mounted on INEC not to declare APGA winner.

“It will be a big shame and unmitigated disgrace to the minister of the Federal Capital Territory and the Presidency for an APC candidate to be defeated in an election by an APGA candidate in FCT.

“However, APGA wishes to caution the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), to be mindful of its actions and not to collude with some unpatriotic politicians and anti-democratic forces to deny APGA its clearly won election, divine and people’s mandate.

“INEC should allow the votes of the people to count without any manipulation from any quarter, especially from the electoral body.

“The All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) calls on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Federal Capital Territory to officially declare its candidate for the Gwaqwalada Area Council’s election conducted last Saturday, Hon Adamu Mustapha Danze, the winner of the poll, having scored the highest number of lawful votes cast after the collation of results from various polling booths, with the figure 15,312.00 as against APC 14,546.00 and PDP 6,082.00.

“APGA also calls on the Presidency, the Inspector General of Police, all well-meaning and patriotic Nigerians to call INEC to order in order not to jeopardize and destroy our hard-earned and emerging democracy,” the statement added.

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