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FCT Election: INEC to present Certificate of Return to winners

The All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) won three chairmen seats each at the poll conducted across the six Area Councils of the FCT.

• February 16, 2022
The Resident Electoral Commissioner, FCT, Alh. Yahaya Bello
The Resident Electoral Commissioner, FCT, Alh. Yahaya Bello [Photo Credit: Twitter]

Winners of the February 12 FCT Area Council polls will receive their Certificate of Return on Friday, says the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

Yahaya Bello, the INEC FCT Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) said this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja.

“All chairmen and secretaries of the 14 political parties, and the successful candidates at the just concluded election for chairmen and councillorship are hereby invited for the presentation of the Certificate of Return.

“This will hold on Friday, February 18, at the FCT INEC Head Office, Area 10, Garki, at 9: 00 a.m. prompt,” he said.

The All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) won three chairmen seats each at the poll conducted across the six Area Councils of the FCT.

The APC won in Gwagwalada, Abaji and Kwali, while the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) won in Abuja Municipal Council (AMAC), Kuje and Bwari.

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