22 February, 2026 9:15 am
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THE candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mohammed Kasim, has been declared winner of the Gwagwalada Area Council chairmanship election following the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Area Council poll conducted on Saturday, February 21.
Kasim secured 22,165 votes to defeat his closest rival, Yahaya Shehu of the All Progressives Congress (APC), who polled 17,788 votes, according to results announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
Declaring the result, the Returning Officer, Philip Akpen, described the election as peaceful and orderly across polling units in the area council.
He said the area council had 207,577 registered voters, 46,294 accredited voters, 43,960 total valid votes, and 1,521 rejected votes.
Akpen announced the winners with the PDP polling 22,165, APC: 17,788; APGA: 1,687; ADC: 1,366; SDP: 432; NNPP: 175; while other parties got below 200 votes each. AASG Report
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