{"id":82860,"date":"2026-02-21T09:47:46","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T09:47:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=82860"},"modified":"2026-02-21T09:47:46","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T09:47:46","slug":"photos-officials-set-for-abuja-area-council-polls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2026\/02\/21\/photos-officials-set-for-abuja-area-council-polls\/","title":{"rendered":"PHOTOS: Officials Set for Abuja Area Council Polls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>By Patrick Idowu<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Voting is underway in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Area Council election, though the process experienced delays in several polling units.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The exercise, scheduled to begin at 8:00 a.m., had yet to commence in many centres as of 9:00 a.m.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">However, electoral officials and security personnel were present at polling stations.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Below are images captured by our correspondents across the FCT.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-82861\" src=\"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG-20260221-WA0005-226x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"226\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG-20260221-WA0005-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG-20260221-WA0005-768x1021.jpg 768w, https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG-20260221-WA0005.jpg 770w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 226px) 100vw, 226px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-82862\" src=\"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG-20260221-WA0007-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG-20260221-WA0007-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG-20260221-WA0007.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-82863\" src=\"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG-20260221-WA0006-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG-20260221-WA0006-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG-20260221-WA0006.jpg 506w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Patrick Idowu Voting is underway in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Area Council election, though the process experienced delays in several polling units. The exercise, scheduled to begin at 8:00 a.m., had yet to commence in many centres as of 9:00 a.m. However, electoral officials and security personnel were present at polling stations. 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