13th February, 2022
Danladi Chiya of the All Progressives Congress has won re-election as chairman of the Kwali Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory of Abuja.
He polled a total of 7,646 votes to defeat his closest rival and candidate of PDP who polled a total of 7,345, according to the result declared by INEC.
With the result, the PDP and APC split the six councils in FCT 50-50.
PDP won Bwari, Kuje and Abuja Municipal Area Councils.
The APC, apart from Kwali, won Gwagwalada and Abaji Area Councils.
Earlier today, the PDP claimed to have won Kwali and warned the INEC not to tamper with the results from polling units.
Governor Samuel Ortom who gave the warning asked INEC to declare the results without further delay.
Ortom in the statement issued around noon on Sunday also called for the release of Abuja Municipal Area Council.
INEC had since called it for the PDP candidate.
Ortom said INEC should not allow itself to be influenced by a serving minister in the President Muhammadu Buhari administration and a serving governor from the South East to change the wishes of the people of the FCT.
“The party is in custody of results declared at the polling units and ward levels and as such will not accept anything short of victory for the PDP.”
“The results of this election should not be tampered with in any way because we have credible information that a serving minister and one of the APC governors from the South East has been putting undue pressure on INEC with huge sums of money to influence the results of the election in facvour ot the APC.
“Let it be known to everyone that the PDP will not accept anything less that victory for the party as declared at the polling units where the PDP won with wide margins.”