Politics
Election begins in Abuja area councils (Photos)
The election for chairmanship and councillorship kicked off in the six area councils of the federal capital territory (FCT) today.
Unlike in the 36 states where state electoral commissions conduct the council elections, the FCT council elections are conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
According to the commission, 14 political parties and 472 candidates are participating.
They include Action Democratic Party (ADP), All Progressives Congress (APC), Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Social Democratic Party (SDP), All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Peoples Redemption Party (PRP), Allied Peoples Movement (APM), African Action Congress (AAC) and Labour Party (LP).





