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FCT Polls: APC Wins Gwagwalada As PDP Wins Kuje

The All Progressives Congress, APC candidate, Jubrin Abubakar, has been declared the winner of the Gwagwalada Area Council election held on Saturday.

Gatekeepers News reports that Abubakar polled 11,125 votes to defeat his opponent, Mohammed Kassim of the Peoples Democratic Party, who polled 9,597 votes.

The Independent National Electoral Commission, through Returning Officer, Sule Mahaji, announced the result on Sunday morning.

Meanwhile, The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Saturday’s Kuje Area Council chairmanship election in the Federal Capital Territory, Suleman Sabo, has been declared the winner of the election.

Sabo polled a total of 13,301 votes while his closest rival, Sarki Hamidu, of the All Progressives Congress, polled 7,694 votes.

With a total margin of 5,607 votes to defeat his closest rival, Sabo will now serve a second term in office as chairman of Kuje Council Area.

Uthman Olamilekan Bagbansoro

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