APC Unopposed In 18 LGAs As Borno Holds First LG election In 12 Years
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The All Progressive Congress (APC) candidates fielded in 18 Local Government Areas of Borno State were unopposed as the state recently held the first LG elections in 12 years.
The state electoral commission said six parties fielded candidates for chairmanship and other positions in the election in nine local governments and the election was held for affirmation.
Grassroots based elections is one of the things the insurgency has disrupted in Borno State.
While there was voter apathy in the capital city, Maiduguri, Local government dwellers exhibited more enthusiasm towards the election.
This might just signal more development in rural areas especially with the resettlement drive of the state government.
Governor Babagana Zulum voted in his hometown Mafa local government after which he addressed the local people, assuring them of government’s commitment to developmental projects.
The Distict head of Mafa said his people were happy that the election is holding, since 2008 when the insurgency disrupted local adinistration.
Some local governments with peculiar situations, voting took place in both IDP camps in Maiduguri as well as few wards in the actual locations where the affected population had already returned.
This is according to the chairman of the Borno state independent electoral commission Abdu Usman.
So the elections held in all three hundred and twelve wards of the state.
The results are yet to be announced.