Citizens of Borno trickled out to vote in Saturday’s local government election that was held in the State to elect councillors.
The election was marred by voter apathy, as many residents blamed the development on lack of campaign by the participating political parties and candidates.
As at 12 noon, some of the polling units that started operation only recorded a few voters.
The Executive Chairman of the State Independent Electoral Commission (BOSIEC), Alhaji Lawan Maina, who monitored the exercise, urged for peaceful conduct.
TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports six political parties participated in the local government election.
The parties are the All Progressives Congress (APC), People’s Democratic Party (PDP), New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), Social Democratic Party (SDP), Labour Party (LP) and Allied People’s Movement (APM)
The APC is the only party with chairmanship and councillor candidates in all the 27 LGAs as the remaining parties fielded candidates in less that five LGAs.