Election: APC Clears all Borno chairmanship and counsellorship seats 

The candidates of All Progressives Congress have won all the positions the 27 Local Government Areas of Borno State, the State Independent Electoral Commission declared on Tuesday.

Announcing the results of the election in Maiduguri, the Returning Officer for the election and the Executive Chairman of BOSIEC, Abdu Usman, said APC won all the positions on offer.

He said candidates of the ruling party won all the 27 chairmanship and all the councillorship seats in last Saturday’s local government elections.

He said the party won 18 chairmanship positions unopposed and no party contested most of the councillorship seats with the ruling party.

He noted that as of the time of announcing the results, no political party has forwarded any complaints.

Six political parties which participated in the elections include Accord Party, African Democratic Congress, All Progressives Congress, All Progressive Grand Alliance, Peoples Democratic Party and Social Democratic Party