David Williams
The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who was declared winner by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the just concluded Gwagwalada Area Council chairmanship election in Abuja, Mohammed Kasim has decamped to All Progressive Congress (APC).
Recall that the the INEC Returning Officer, Philip Akpen, on Saturday announced that PDP polled the highest votes in the council.
Kasim polled 22,165 votes to defeat his closest rival, Yahaya Shehu of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), who scored 17,788.
The election was a tight race between Kasim and Yahaya Shehu of the APC with speculations of withdrawals dogging the campaigns ahead of the Saturday election.
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