- The party also won all the councillorship seats in the 312 wards of the state.
The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Saturday swept the local government election that held in Borno state, winning all 27 chairmanship seat.
The party also won all the councillorship seats in the 312 wards of the state.
The state also elected its first female local government chairman as Hajiya Inna Galadima emerged as the chairman-elect of Jere Local Government Area (LGA).
It’s gathered that the state had its first female LG chairperson in the person of Fanta Baba Shehu, but she was elected as a vice chairman under the defunct United Nigeria Congress Party (UNCP) and later succeeded her chairman after he died.
Galadima was declared the winner of the election by the Returning Officer of Jere LGA, Prof. Mohammed Konto, having scored 110,459 votes to defeat her closest rival in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that polled 2,478 votes.
She was a commissioner and special adviser at different times in the state.
Announcing the results in Maiduguri on Sunday, the Executive Chairman of Borno State Independent Electoral Commission (BOSIEC), Lawan Maina, said the election was free, fair and conducted peacefully.
“The certificate presentation would be made at a later date, which would be announced very soon”.
Earlier, Governor Babagana Umara Zulum said he would give the electorate freedom to vote for honest and qualitative leaders to improve their lives.
The election, which the ruling APC swept was contested by six political parties, comprising the All Progressives Congress (APC), Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), Social Democratic Party (SDP), Labour Party (LP) and Allied People’s Movement (APM).
However, the opposition PDP had before the election berated the electoral body saying they lack the capacity to conduct free, fair and credible elections
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