As Nigerians focus on the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) election 2026, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Christopher Maikalangu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) the elected chairman of the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC), according to Legit.
The winner, Maikalangu, is believed to be the anointed candidate of Nyesom Wike, the minister of the FCT.
The 2026 FCT election was held on Saturday, February 21.
According to Legit, Zadna Dantani, chairmanship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in AMAC, recently withdrew from the contest in favour of APC’s Maikalangu. Dantani disclosed that his decision followed Wike’s intervention.
As reported by The Punch on Sunday morning, February 22, AMAC’s collation officer, Andrew Abue, stated that Maikalangu, who is the incumbent AMAC chairman, was returned elected. The APC chieftain scored the highest number of votes cast, 40,295 out of the total number of valid votes of 62,861 in the election.
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Premium Times also noted the development from the FCT.
The African Democratic Congress (ADC), led by flagbearer social activist Moses Ogidi Paul, came second with 12,109 votes, while the PDP garnered 3,398 votes. Paul is a notable ally of Nigerian presidential hopeful Peter Obi.
According to Prof. Abue, there were 2,336 rejected votes, with a total of 62,861 valid votes and 65,197 votes cast overall. He added that AMAC has 837,338 registered voters, of whom 65,676 were accredited for the election.
Abue pronounced: “That Maikalangu of the APC, having certified the requirements of the law, is hereby declared the winner and is returned elected.”
The scores of the political parties and their candidates that contested the AMAC 2026 chairmanship election are highlighted below:
Moses Paul (ADC) -12,109 votes
Maikalangu (APC) – 40,295 votes
Agbon Vaniah of the Accord – 403 votes
Nemiebika Tamunomiesam of the Action Alliance (AA) – 108 votes
Richard Elizabeth of the Action Democratic Party (ADP) – 588 votes
Jibrin Alhassan of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) – 1,694 votes.
Samson Usani of the National Rescue Movement (NRM) – 73 votes.
Dantani of the PDP – 3,398 votes
Iber Shimakaha of the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) – 90 votes
Eze Chukwu of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) -1,111 votes
Chukwu Promise of the Allied Peoples Movement (APM) -122 votes .
Simon Obinna of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) – 2,185 votes
Madaki Robert of the Young Progressives Party (YPP) – 421 votes
Swani Buba of the Zenith Labour Party (ZLP) – 189 votes.
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Ugoh Michael of the Action Peoples Party(APP) – 32 votes
Thomas Happiness of the Boot Party (BP) – 43 votes.
