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The Independent National Electoral Commission has declared Christopher Maikalangu of the All Progressives Congress as the elected chairman of the Abuja Municipal Area Council.
The collation officer for AMAC, Andrew Abue, said that Maikalangu, who is the incumbent AMAC chairman, was returned elected, having scored the highest number of votes cast 40,295 out of the total number of valid votes of 62,861 in the election.
He said that the African Democratic Congress came second with 12,109 votes, while the Peoples Democratic Party polled 3,398 votes.
According to Abue, the rejected votes are 2,336 and the total valid votes are 62,861, while the total votes cast are 65,197.
