February 13, (THEWILL) – The candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Jubrin Abubakar, has been declared as the Chairman-elect of Gwagwalada Area Council at the Saturday Council elections.
Declaring the results of the keenly contested election, INEC Returning Officer, ID Umar, said Abubakar polled 11,125 votes to defeat his closest opponent, Mohammed Kassim of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who scored 9,597 votes.
The poll results as declared by the INEC Returning Officer, I.D Umar:
Total Valid Votes 21,037
Rejected Votes 739
Total Votes Cast 21,776
AAC – 22
ADC- 81
APC- 11,125
APGA -106
APM -37
Labour- 40
PDP- 9,597
PRP -26
SDP – 3