Borno elects first female chairperson as APC wins ALL seats in Borno LG polls

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has won all the 27 LGA chairmanship and 312 councillorship seats in Borno state.

On Saturday, the Borno State Independent Electoral Commission (BOSEIC) conducted elections in all the LGAs in the state.

Lawan Maina, BOSEIC chairman, declared the overall results of the election on Sunday in Maiduguri, the Borno capital.

“Following the conduct of the election on Saturday, today we have received results from the 27 LGAs and as empowered by the law under Section 10,” NAN quoted Maina as saying.

“In my position as the Chief Returning Officer of the state, I read out the results as follows:

“The ruling party, APC, won all the 27 Local Government Chairmen in the state. Equally, the ruling party has won all the 312 council members (councilors) in all the wards of the state.

“With this, we have come to the end of this exercise and the certificate presentation to the winners will be made at a later date to be announced soon.”

Meanwhile, Inna Galadima, chairperson-elect of Jere LGA of the state, became the first elected female chairperson in the state.

Galadima polled 110,459 votes to defeat her closest rival in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who scored 2,478 votes.