The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that the results of Kuje Area Council was delayed due to the difficult terrain of Kabi ward, which stalled the final collation of the Area Council results.
The commission recalled that the results were announced late Saturday except that of Kuje Area Council which was announced at 3:30pm on Sunday 22nd February 2026.
INEC Voter Education and Publicity (VEP) Ag. Director, Wilfred Ifogah in a statement issued Sunday said while the commission remained concerned about voter apathy, it noted a significant improvement compared to the previous election.
He stressed residents of the FCT and other interested members of the public could access results from the six Area Councils via the portal.
Ifogah said according to the Commission’s Election Operations Dashboard, 45 per cent of polling units opened for voting as at 8:30am, while all polling units were confirmed open by 10:00am on Election Day.
The Commission pointed out that as at 2:00pm on Sunday, 22nd February 2026, the upload of polling unit results to the INEC Result Viewing (IReV) Portal had reached 93 per cent.
It stated: “In the 2022 Area Council election, a total of 148,685 voters were recorded, representing 9.4 per cent of registered voters.
“In the current election, over 239,210 voters voted, representing approximately 15 per cent of the 1,680,315 total registered voters in the FCT.”
The commission denied migrating voters to another or new polling units different from their original polling units during the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Area Council Elections held last Saturday.
Ifogah said what the commission did was to create split polling units in large polling units with voter registration of over 1,250 voters to avoid congestion on election day.
He noted: “The Commission, however, noted challenges encountered by some voters in locating their designated polling units.
“Contrary to the claim in some quarters that some voters were migrated to another/ new polling units different from their original polling units, the Commission wishes to state categorically that voters were not migrated, what the Commission did was to create split polling units in large polling units with voters registration of over 1,250 voters to avoid congestion on election day.
“The split units are located some few meters away from the original polling units within the same premises.
“The public will recall that the Commission displayed the Register of Voters at designated centres/split polling units four days to the Area Council elections to enable voters confirm their details and polling unit locations.”
Ifogah added that text messages/emails were sent to the affected voters on Wednesday 18th, Thursday 19th, Friday 20th and Saturday 21st February 2026 indicating the actual locations of their split polling units, were intended solely as reminders to assist them in identifying their current polling units.
The commission recalled that the results were announced late Saturday except that of Kuje Area Council which was announced at 3:30pm on Sunday 22nd February 2026.
It stressed that the delay in the results of Kuje Area Council was due to the difficult terrain of Kabi ward, which delayed the final collation of the Area Council results.