22/02/2026
PDP candidate wins Gwagwalada chairmanship election in FCT
The Candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, Mohammed Kasim, has emerged the winner of the Gwagwalada Area Council chairmanship election held as part of the Federal Capital Territory’s local government polls on Saturday.
Declaring the results in the early hours of Sunday, the Independent National Electoral Commission Returning Officer, Philip Akpen said Kasim secured 22,165 votes to defeat his closest rival, Yahaya Shehu of the All Progressives Congress, who polled 17,788 votes.
Akpen further described the election as peaceful and smoothly conducted. Akpeni also stated that Biko Umar of the All Progressives Grand Alliance scored 1,687 to come third place.
The local government elections were conducted across the six Area Councils of the FCT, Abuja Municipal Area Council, Abaji, Bwari, Gwagwalada, Kuje and Kwali, covering both chairmanship and councillorship
