Story from Emmanuel OLOGUN, Abuja
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) winner of the Saturday, chairmanship election in Abaji area council of Abuja.
The INEC returning officer of the council election in Abaji, Prof Gabriel Mordi, who announced the result at the commission office on Sunday, declared that APC scored 7, 289 votes to defeat the candidate of the opposition PDP, Alhaji Yahaya Garba Gawu, who got 4, 062 votes.
Prof Mordi, said the winner will be announced after the determination of the case before the court in Abuja.
Our correspondent had reported that an APC chairmanship aspirant in the area, Abubakar Umar Abdullahi, has filed a suit before the Supreme court, after an FCT High court and Appeal court has nullified his candidature and declared Alhaji Mohammed Angulu Loko, as the authentic chairmanship candidate of APC for the last April 23, 2021 primaries in the area.
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It was further reported that both the FCT High court and Appeal Court In Abuja, had ordered INEC to withdraw Abubakar Umar Abdullahi’s name and replace it with Alhaji Mohammed Angulu Loko, as the APC chairmanship candidate for February, 12 2022 council election in Abaji.
Recalled that the APC stakeholders led by former senator that represented the FCT, Senator Adamu Sidi Ali, had last Thursday, led other party stakeholders, including the chairman of the council, Alhaji Abdulrahman Ajiya, to come together and unite, where they addressed all APC members and supporters to vote APC during the Saturday chairmanship election in the area.
