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Facts and their sources
12 wards, each electing a councillor
City Centre, Garki, Gui, Gwagwa, Gwarinpa, Jiwa, Kabusa, Karshi, Karu, Nyanya, Orozo, Wuse.
Source:Checked
- Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC), AMAC home page (archived copy, captured 1 November 2020), read 3 October 2026.
- Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Polling Unit Locator: lists of LGAs, area councils and registration areas (wards), read 3 October 2026.
Source:Checked
- Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC), AMAC home page (archived copy, captured 1 November 2020), read 3 October 2026.
- Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Polling Unit Locator: lists of LGAs, area councils and registration areas (wards), read 3 October 2026.
7.8% turnout in AMAC's 2026 chairmanship election
65,676 of AMAC's 837,338 registered voters were accredited.
Source:Worked out by us
We worked this out: accredited voters divided by registered voters, using the figures in these reports.
- Channels Television, APC Wins AMAC Chairmanship Election, 22 February 2026.
- The Whistler, INEC Declares APC's Maikalangu Winner Of AMAC Chairmanship Election, 22 February 2026.
Figures as announced by the collation officer for AMAC and reported by the press, still to be checked against INEC's results portal.
Source:Worked out by us
We worked this out: accredited voters divided by registered voters, using the figures in these reports.
- Channels Television, APC Wins AMAC Chairmanship Election, 22 February 2026.
- The Whistler, INEC Declares APC's Maikalangu Winner Of AMAC Chairmanship Election, 22 February 2026.
Figures as announced by the collation officer for AMAC and reported by the press, still to be checked against INEC's results portal.
40,295 votes for Christopher Maikalangu (APC), declared the winner
Of 62,861 valid votes in the 2026 election for Executive Chairman.
Source:Reported, not yet checked against the original
- Channels Television, APC Wins AMAC Chairmanship Election, 22 February 2026.
- The Whistler, INEC Declares APC's Maikalangu Winner Of AMAC Chairmanship Election, 22 February 2026.
Source:Reported, not yet checked against the original
- Channels Television, APC Wins AMAC Chairmanship Election, 22 February 2026.
- The Whistler, INEC Declares APC's Maikalangu Winner Of AMAC Chairmanship Election, 22 February 2026.
62 wards across the FCT's area councils
Source:Checked
- ICIR, Accreditation, voting begins as residents elect chairman, councillors for FCT area councils, 21 February 2026.
- Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Polling Unit Locator: lists of LGAs, area councils and registration areas (wards), read 3 October 2026.
INEC's Polling Unit Locator also lists 62 wards across the FCT's area councils.
Source:Checked
- ICIR, Accreditation, voting begins as residents elect chairman, councillors for FCT area councils, 21 February 2026.
- Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Polling Unit Locator: lists of LGAs, area councils and registration areas (wards), read 3 October 2026.
INEC's Polling Unit Locator also lists 62 wards across the FCT's area councils.
When something is not known yet
AMAC's approved 2026 budget is not confirmed yet.
We are preparing a request to AMAC for it. FOI request 2026-001
- Headquarters
- Not yet confirmed
- Executive Chairman
- Not yet confirmed
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Abuja Municipal Area Council
We cover AMAC from public records, ward by ward. Checks on the ground will start in Gwarinpa.
The FCT, council by council
All six, on their own
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contested | Sources disagree |
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worked_out | Worked out by us |
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field | Covered from records and checks on the ground |
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- Abuja Municipal Area Council
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- The record
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- wards, each electing a councillor
- Deck · Newsreader Italic
- We cover AMAC from public records, ward by ward.
- Big figure · Fraunces Italic
- 7.8%
- Body · Newsreader, 17px
- 65,676 of AMAC's 837,338 registered voters were accredited.
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