The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Joash Amupitan, has ordered an investigation into staff members responsible for shortfalls recorded in Kuje and Kabusa during the recent Federal Capital Territory (FCT) council elections. Amupitan said the affected employees would face sanctions if found culpable. He also disclosed that transporters linked to delays in […]
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The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Joash Amupitan, has ordered an investigation into staff members responsible for shortfalls recorded in Kuje and Kabusa during the recent Federal Capital Territory (FCT) council elections.
Amupitan said the affected employees would face sanctions if found culpable. He also disclosed that transporters linked to delays in the movement of election materials to Kwali Area Council would be blacklisted.
The INEC chairman made this known on Wednesday while reviewing the FCT polls at a meeting with Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) at the commission’s headquarters in Abuja.
The meeting comes four days after the conduct of the FCT council elections and by-elections held in Rivers and Kano states last Saturday. It is also aimed at gathering feedback from RECs and discussing preparations ahead of the 2027 general elections.
All RECs from the 36 states and the FCT attended the meeting. Also present was the Forum of State Independent Electoral Commissions, who paid a courtesy visit to the INEC chairman.
Leader of the delegation, Mamman Eri, said the engagement was to strengthen collaboration with INEC in improving the conduct of local government elections nationwide.
INEC conducted elections across the six area councils of the FCT for chairmanship and councillorship positions. By-elections were also held in Ahoada East II and Khana II constituencies in Rivers State, while legislative elections took place in Kano Municipal and Ungogo constituencies in Kano State.
In Kuje Area Council, APC candidate Danjuma Shekwolo won the chairmanship election with 17,269 votes. In Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC), APC’s Christopher Maikalangu secured victory with 40,295 votes out of 62,861 valid votes cast.
In Kwali Area Council, APC candidate Daniel Nuhu polled 17,032 votes to defeat PDP’s Haruna Pai, who scored 8,575 votes. Meanwhile, in Gwagwalada Area Council, PDP candidate Mohammed Kasim won the chairmanship seat with 22,165 votes, defeating APC’s Yahaya Shehu, who garnered 17,788 votes.
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