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The Federal Capital Territory's February 21, 2026 council elections proceeded peacefully but faced significant challenges including BVAS malfunctions, ward delineation issues that disenfranchised voters, and historically low participation rates.
Nigeria's federal capital territory conducted local government elections across 2,822 polling units on Saturday, with electoral observers praising technical improvements while allegations of vote-buying emerged in Gwagwalada.
Federal Capital Territory elections on 21 February 2026 were marked by late starts, technical failures, and low voter turnout despite security deployments aimed at ensuring a peaceful process.
President Bola Tinubu has signed the Electoral Act 2026 amendment into law ahead of next year's polls, even as senators clash over mandatory real-time result transmission and INEC clarifies technical limitations of its voting systems.