The All Progressives Congress (APC) has secured chairmanship victories in five of the six Area Councils in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), leaving the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) with a lone win in Gwagwalada in Saturday’s council elections.
The APC won in Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC), Kuje, Abaji, Bwari and Kwali, while the PDP candidate triumphed in Gwagwalada, underscoring a competitive political landscape in the nation’s capital.
In a statement issued on Sunday by his Special Adviser on Media and Communications Strategy, Abimbola Tooki, the APC National Chairman, Prof. Nentawe Goshwe Yilwatda, described the outcome as a strong endorsement of President Bola Tinubu’s reform agenda.
Yilwatda said the results reflected public confidence in the administration’s “Renewed Hope Agenda” and the party’s grassroots strength. “The Abuja election, in particular, is a powerful statement by Nigerians from all walks of life that they stand firmly with President Tinubu and his bold reform agenda,” he stated.
He added that the victories demonstrated the APC’s organisational depth, unity and resilience, as well as the vibrancy of Nigeria’s democracy.
The party also celebrated its success in four State House of Assembly by-elections in Kano and Rivers States, attributing the wins to effective mobilisation and sustained public trust in its leadership. Yilwatda commended party stakeholders nationwide for their commitment and praised security agencies and election officials for what he described as a professional conduct of the polls.
In Kuje Area Council, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared APC’s Danjuma Samuel Shekolo winner with 17,269 votes, defeating the PDP’s Danlami Zakoyi, who polled 15,824 votes. Other parties recorded the following: ADC, 7,016; APGA, 4,305; AA, 5; APM, 58; NNPP, 175; SDP, 28; ADP, 84; A Party, 24; and ZLP, 6 votes.
Reacting to his victory, Shekolo thanked voters and pledged to deliver effective and accountable governance to the people of Kuje.
While the APC’s sweeping victories consolidate its dominance in the FCT councils, the PDP’s win in Gwagwalada highlights the continuing competitiveness of local politics in the federal capital.
