Nigeria, Feb. 22 -- The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has emerged the dominant party in the just concluded are council elections across the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja, winning five of the six available chairmanship seats across the capital city.

PREMIUM TIMES deployed reporters across the six area councils-Abaji, Bwari, Gwagwalada, Kwali, Kuje and the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC). Five of the area councils have 10 wards each, while AMAC has 12.

A total of 637 candidates from 17 political parties ran for the 68 positions - 62 councillorship seats and six chairpersons' seats. Out of the 1,680,315 registered voters in the territory, 1,587,025 had collected their Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) and were eligible to v...