BREAKING: Maikalangu of APC defeats Moses Paul of ADC to win AMAC chairmanship election

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the incumbent chairman of the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC), Christopher Maikalangu, as the duly elected chairman following the conclusion of the 2026 council election.

Announcing the results at the AMAC collation centre, the Returning Officer, Andrew Abue, said the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) secured victory after polling 40,295 votes out of a total 62,861 valid votes cast.

According to the electoral umpire, the African Democratic Congress (ADC) finished second with 12,109 votes, while the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) came third with 3,398 votes.

Figures released at the collation showed that rejected ballots stood at 2,336, bringing the total number of votes cast to 65,197. The council recorded 837,338 registered voters, while 65,676 voters were accredited for the exercise.

Declaring the result, Prof. Abue stated: “Having satisfied the requirements of the law and scored the highest number of lawful votes cast, Christopher Maikalangu of the APC is hereby declared winner and returned elected.”

Results announced for the participating political parties and their candidates are as follows:

• Accord (A) — Agbon Vaniah: 403 votes

• Action Alliance (AA) — Nemiebika Tamunomiesam: 108 votes

• African Democratic Congress (ADC) — Paul Ogidi: 12,109 votes

• Action Democratic Party (ADP) — Richard Elizabeth: 588 votes

• All Progressives Congress (APC) — Christopher Maikalangu: 40,295 votes

• All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) — Eze Chukwu: 1,111 votes

• Allied Peoples Movement (APM) — Chukwu Promise: 122 votes

• Action Peoples Party (APP) — Ugoh Michael: 32 votes

• Boot Party (BP) — Thomas Happiness: 43 votes

• New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) — Jibrin Alhassan: 1,694 votes

• National Rescue Movement (NRM) — Samson Usani: 73 votes

• Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) — Dantani Zanda: 3,398 votes

• Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) — Iber Shimakaha: 90 votes

• Social Democratic Party (SDP) — Simon Obinna: 2,185 votes

• Young Progressives Party (YPP) — Madaki Robert: 421 votes

• Zenith Labour Party (ZLP) — Swani Buba: 189 votes

Reacting shortly after the announcement, APC Collation Agent Gambo Babale described both the voting and collation processes as credible and transparent.

He commended INEC officials for what he described as a thorough and well-coordinated exercise across polling units, ward collation centres and the area council headquarters.

According to him, the opposition parties’ victories in some councillorship seats demonstrated fairness in the process.

Babale congratulated the winner and urged him to justify the renewed mandate by delivering more democratic dividends to residents of AMAC, adding that the outcome reflected growing public confidence in the APC ahead of future elections.

Similarly, the YPP Ward Collation Agent, Abdullahi Ibrahim, praised the transparency of the exercise and congratulated Maikalangu on his victory.

Result sheets were subsequently endorsed by party agents representing ADC, APC, APGA, YPP and NNPP who were present at the collation centre.