*As Party Secures Three Of Four Councils Declared

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Joshua Ishaku of the All Progressives Congress (APC) the winner of the Bwari Area Council chairmanship election.

Mohammed Nurudeen, a professor and the Returning Officer for the Bwari chairmanship election, announced the results on Sunday in Bwari, disclosing that Mr Ishaku polled a total of 18,466 votes.

“I am the returning officer for the 2026 FCT Area Council, Bwari chairmanship held on February 21, 2026.

“That Joshua Ishaku, having certified the requirements of the law, is hereby declared the winner and is returned elected,” he said.

Prof. Nurudeen also announced that the candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) scored a total of 4,254 votes to come second, while the Zenith Labour Party (ZLP) candidate scored 3,515 votes to come third.

The chairmanship election was conducted in 10 wards of the council, namely: Igu, Shere, Dutse, Ushafa, Byazhin, Kuduru, Kubwa, Usuma, Bwari Central and Kawu.

Also, Daniel Nuhu of the All Progressives Congress has won the Kwali Area Council chairmanship election with 17,032 votes.

Mr Nuhu secured victory across a majority of the wards to defeat Haruna Pai of the Peoples Democratic Party, who polled 8,575 votes to come second in the election.

The results were declared by the INEC presiding officer at Kwali’s final collation centre on Sunday morning.

Elections were held in all ten wards of Kwali on Saturday.

The win in Kwali means APC has now won in three of the four area councils whose results have been announced.

Apart from Kwali, APC also won in AMAC and Bwari area councils, while the PDP won in Gwagwalada.

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