Council poll: Shekwolo, Yahaya, Ishaku, Abdullahi win APC chairmanship primaries

Hon Danjuma Samuel Shekwolo, Alhaji Usman Yahaya, Joshua Musa Ishaku, as well as the incumbent chairman of Abaji area council, Abubakar Umar Abdullahi, have emerged winners of the All Progressives Congress (APC) chairmanship primaries for the February 21, 2026, council election in the FCT. Daily Trust reports that the APC chairmanship delegates primaries, which held […]

Hon Danjuma Samuel Shekwolo, Alhaji Usman Yahaya, Joshua Musa Ishaku, as well as the incumbent chairman of Abaji area council, Abubakar Umar Abdullahi, have emerged winners of the All Progressives Congress (APC) chairmanship primaries for the February 21, 2026, council election in the FCT.

Daily Trust reports that the APC chairmanship delegates primaries, which held its across the six area councils on Wednesday, to elect its flagbearers, was supervised by INEC officials amid tight security.

In Abaji area council, the incumbent council chairman, Abubakar Umar Abdullahi, who is the sole candidate of APC, emerged unopposed, while Alhaji Usman Yahaya, emerged winner of the primaries for Gwagwalada area council, after two other aspirants, Mohammed Ibrahim Inuwa and Saidu Abdullahi Zuba, withdrew from the race.

The electoral committee chairman for the primaries, Alhaji Shafiu Duwal, declared Usman Yahaya as the party’s chairmanship candidate for Gwagwalada area council, after two aspirants withdrew from the contest.

Also, Hon Danjuma Samuel Shekwolo, emerged as the party’s chairmanship candidate for Kuje area council, after two other chairmanship aspirants, Hon Shaban Ishaku Tete, and Hajiya Aishat Yakubu, withdrew from the race.

The electoral committee chairman for the primaries in Kuje, Barrister Yakubu Bello, declared Shekwolo as the APC chairmanship candidate, in which he said two other aspirants withdrew from the race.

“As the electoral committee chairman for the APC chairmanship primaries for Kuje area council of the FCT. Hon Danjuma Samuel Shekwolo, haven satisfied with the requirements of the law, is hereby as the APC chairmanship candidate for Kuje area council after two other aspirants withdrew from the race,” he said.

While Hon Joshua Musa Ishaku was declared as the APC chairmanship candidate for Bwari area council.