Borno residents vote as PDP, ADC boycott LG elections

Residents of Borno State cast their votes on Saturday in local government chairmanship and councillorship elections, despite the absence of major opposition parties, including the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and the African Democratic Congress, ADC, from the ballot.

Voting, which began at 8:30 am, was observed at polling centres across Konduga Local Government Area and Maiduguri Metropolitan Council, where journalists reported a peaceful and orderly exercise.

Six political parties are participating in the election: the All Progressives Congress, APC; Boot Party; Labour Party, LP; Peoples Redemption Party, PRP; New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP; and the Social Democratic Party, SDP.

The PDP had earlier announced its…