Ahead of the Saturday March 19, FCT Area Council Elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has published and issued a list of thirty candidates jostling for the available six Chairmanship seats.
According to a document signed by the Secretary to the Commission, Mrs. Augusta C. Ogakwu, thirteen Political Parties will field candidates to contest the Chairmanship seats in: Abaji; Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC); Bwari; Gwagwalada; Kuje; and Kwali Area Councils.
The list of contestants and their parties are as follows:
ABAJI
Contestant Party
·Abdulrahaman Ajiya – APC
·Yahaya Garba – PDP
(AMAC)
·Yusuf Abdulkarim S. – A
·Vernimbe Gloria – AA
·Augustine Nnaemeka Ezechukwu – ACD
·Abdullahi Adamu – APC
·Joseph Mekwunye – APGA
·Francis Udoka Okpor – CPP
·Comfort B. Effiom – DPC
·Gold Aimuamwenrha – DPP
·Iber Stephen Shimakaha – MPPP
·Kura Bitrus Tanko – PDP
·Uzeh Taiye Sarah Odion – PPA
·Barry Avotu Johnson – SDP
·Nwosu Ozoemelom Kenneth – UPP
Bwari
·Wada Abdul – AA
·Musa Dikko – APC
·Keneth Igbekele Olabamiji – CPP
·Andrew Samuel Gwani Igu – PDP
Gwagwalada
·Abubakar Jibrin Giri – APC
·Danze Mustapha Adams – APGA
·Sarwuan Fater Ephraim – DPC
· Abdullahi Yunusa Umar – PDP
Kuje
·Abdullahi D. Galadima – APC
·Haruna Etsu Iliya – APGA
·Oyekan Abdulazeez – DPC
·Ishaku Tete Shaban – PDP
Kwali
·Sani Amako Yewuli – A
·Hon. Joseph K. Shazin – APC
·Daniel Ibrahim – PDP
Meanwhile, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) will tomorrow, Saturday, 20th February conduct twenty two (22) of the Appeal Court-ordered re-run elections across eight (8) states of the federation.
This will mark the climax of the eighty court-ordered elections which the Commission is to conduct from January to March 2016.
With preparations at top gear to ensure hitch-free mini general elections, INEC will conduct Senatorial, Federal Constituency and State Constituency elections across eight states, namely: Benue, Kaduna, Plateau, Niger, Nasarawa, Kogi, Taraba and Imo.
A breakdown of these elections shows that the Commission will conduct four (4) Senatorial elections; Three (3) Federal Constituency elections; and Fifteen (15) State Constituency elections.
The Senatorial elections will be conducted in Benue South Senatorial District; Imo North Senatorial District; Kogi Central Senatorial District and Kogi East Senatorial District.
In a similar vein, the Federal Constituency elections will hold in Okene/Ogori Magongo Federal Constituency of Kogi State; Lafia/Obi Federal Constituency of Nasarawa State; and Kurmi/Sardauna Federal Constituency of Taraba state.
The fifteen State Constituency elections will be conducted across Imo, Kaduna, Kogi, Plateau, Niger and Taraba states. They are:
· Imo: Isiala Mbano, Oru East, and Owerri West;
· Kaduna: Lere West;
· Kogi: Ofu Sc, Ankpa 1, Idah, Dekina 1 and Dekina II (Okura);
· Niger: Suleja;
· Plateau: Langtang South, Pankshin South and Pankshin North;
· Taraba: Ardo Kola and Mbamga.
This is even as INEC in Federal Capital Territory (FCT) office is to present the Register of Voters to contestants and political parties fielding candidates for the Chairmanship and Councillorship elections tomorrow, Thursday, 18th February 2016.
The Resident Electoral Commission (REC) for the FCT, Professor Jacob Jatau, who disclosed this yesterday to the Daily Bulletin said the presentation which would take place at 9.30 a.m. at the INEC FCT Conference Hall was in accordance with the Electoral Act 2010 (as amended). [myad]
