February 13, (THEWILL) – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has been declared winner of the just concluded chairmanship election for Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC).
THEWILL reports that Christopher Zaka of the PDP, pulled 19,302 votes to defeat his closest rival, Murtala Karshi Usman of the All Progressive Congress (APC) who secured 13,240 votes.
AMAC, arguably the most cosmopolitan of the six area councils in Abuja, has 12 wards and includes the city centre of the Nigerian capital.
The PDP won in 10 wards while the APC won in only two.
The results for AMAC were officially declared by the INEC Returning Officer, Sani Saka.
By securing AMAC, the PDP has now won in three of the four area councils whose final results had been declared so far.
The others won by the PDP are Kuje and Bwari. The APC has so far won in Gwagwalada Area Council.