Leading opposition parties, including the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the African Democratic Congress (ADC), were absent from the ballot as residents of Borno State trooped out en masse on Saturday to elect their representatives for local government chairmanship and councillorship seats.
Our correspondent, who visited some voting centres in the Konduga Local Government Area and Maiduguri Metropolitan Council, observed that voting commenced at exactly 8:30 a.m., with six political parties on the ballot.
The parties include the All Progressives Congress, Boot Party, Labour Party, Peoples Redemption Party, New Nigeria Peoples Party and the Social Democratic Party.
Titled “Why we’re boycotting Borno LG polls,” the statement alleged that the Borno State Independent Electoral Commission did not give opposition parties sufficient reasons to build confidence in the credibility and fairness of the election.
The statement read: “The leading opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Borno State has disclosed that it will not participate in the December 13, 2025 local government elections in the state because of the high cost of expression of interest and nomination forms, as well as lack of trust in the electoral body.”
Adziba, while condemning the cost of the forms, said the party alleged that the electoral body was unmindful of the prevailing economic challenges in the country by demanding high fees for the purchase of expression of interest and nomination forms.
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