APC’s Maikalangu wins AMAC chairmanship election
Maikalangu Secures Re-election as AMAC Chairman
Christopher Maikalangu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has been declared the chairman of the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) following the recent election, according to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
The AMAC Collation Officer, Prof. Andrew Abue, reported that Maikalangu, the incumbent chairman, received 40,295 votes out of 62,861 valid votes cast, affirming his return to office.
The African Democratic Congress (ADC) finished in second place with 12,109 votes, while the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) placed third, garnering 3,398 votes.
Prof. Abue noted that 2,336 votes were rejected, resulting in a total of 65,197 votes cast in the election. He added that the AMAC is home to 837,338 registered voters, with 65,676 of them accredited for this election.
“Christopher Maikalangu of the APC, having satisfied the requirements of the law, is hereby declared the winner and returned elected,” Abue announced.
Election Results by Party:
- Accord (A) — Agbon Vaniah: 403 votes
- Action Alliance (AA) — Nemiebika Tamunomiesam: 108 votes
- African Democratic Congress (ADC) — Paul Ogidi: 12,109 votes
- Action Democratic Party (ADP) — Richard Elizabeth: 588 votes
- All Progressives Congress (APC) — Christopher Maikalangu: 40,295 votes
- All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) — Eze Chukwu: 1,111 votes
- Allied Peoples Movement (APM) — Chukwu Promise: 122 votes
- Action Peoples Party (APP) — Ugoh Michael: 32 votes
- Boot Party (BP) — Thomas Happiness: 43 votes
- New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) — Jibrin Alhassan: 1,694 votes
- National Rescue Movement (NRM) — Samson Usani: 73 votes
- Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) — Dantani Zanda: 3,398 votes
- Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) — Iber Shimakaha: 90 votes
- Social Democratic Party (SDP) — Simon Obinna: 2,185 votes
- Young Progressives Party (YPP) — Madaki Robert: 421 votes
- Zenith Labour Party (ZLP) — Swani Buba: 189 votes
Post-Election Reactions
Following the results, APC Collation Agent Gambo Babale characterized the election process as credible and transparent. “INEC has done so well. We’ve seen the processes across all the polling units, ward collation centres, and here at the AMAC area council collation centre. Everything was done perfectly well,” he stated.
Babale acknowledged that the PDP won two ward councillor seats—Karu and Karishi—as a further sign of transparency in the electoral process and extended congratulations to Maikalangu, expressing hope that his victory would yield positive outcomes for AMAC residents.
YPP Ward Collation Agent Abdullahi Ibrahim also praised the transparency of the election and congratulated the victorious candidate.
Result sheets from the election were signed by party agents of various parties, including the ADC, APC, APGA, YPP, and NNPP, present at the collation centre.
