Nigeria, Feb. 21 -- Results of Saturdays' local elections in the six council areas of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have started trickling in after voting ended at 2.30 p.m. in many units as scheduled.

Residents of the FCT cast their ballots on Saturday to elect the leadership of its six area councils.

The area councils are Abaji, Bwari, Gwagwalada, Kwali, Kuje and the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC).

About 637 candidates from 17 political parties are vying for the 68 positions - 62 councillors and six area council chairpersons. Five of the area councils have 10 wards each, while AMAC has 12.

There are 1,680,315 registered voters in the territory but 1,587,025, who collected their Permanent Voter Cards (PVC), are expected to...