Results have started trickling in from wards as the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Area Council elections get underway.
Voting ended in most polling units by afternoon, paving the way for sorting and counting of votes.
At Polling Unit 016 in Nyanya, preliminary figures from the chairmanship contest showed APC securing 13 votes, ahead of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), which polled one vote. The Social Democratic Party (SDP) garnered two votes, while the African Democratic Congress (ADC) secured five votes and the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) recorded one vote.
In the councillorship race at the same unit, APC scored 11 votes, PDP had one, SDP recorded none, ADC secured four votes, and APGA polled one vote.
Despite having 754 registered voters, only 22 were accredited at the polling unit, reflecting a notably low turnout.
At Polling Unit 091, also in Nyanya Ward, APC recorded 20 votes in the chairmanship contest. PDP and ADC scored one vote each, while the BOOT Party and the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) also recorded one vote apiece.
For councillorship at the same unit, APC scored 11 votes, PDP led with 12 votes, while BOOT secured one vote. Out of 428 registered voters, only 24 were accredited.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is conducting elections for six Area Council chairmen and 62 councillors across 2,822 polling units in the FCT, with over 1.6 million registered voters expected to participate.
The early results from Nyanya come amid reports of low voter turnout in several polling units across the territory.
Official collation is ongoing.
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