Due to lack of trust in the electoral body and the high cost of expression of interest and nomination forms, the Peoples Democratic Party in Borno State has announced it will not participate in the state’s local government elections scheduled for Saturday, December 13.
Amos Adziba, the state Publicity Secretary of the party explained that the decision to boycott the local government poll was made at a recent State Executive Committee (SEC) meeting held in Maiduguri.
The party alleged that the Borno State Independent Electoral Commission (BOSIEC) did not provide opposition parties with sufficient reasons to trust the credibility and fairness of the elections though a statement titled “Why we’re boycotting Borno LG polls.”
“The leading opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Borno State has disclosed that it won’t participate in the December 13th, 2025 local government elections in the state because of high cost of expression of interest and nomination forms as well as lack of trust in the electoral body,” the statement read.
“The decision was reached at the party’s State Executive Committee (SEC) meeting held in Maiduguri, the state capital,”
“The BOSIEC did not give the opposition parties substantial reasons to build confidence in the credibility and fairness of the election.”
“PDP alleged that the state electoral body is unmindful of the harsh prevailing economic challenges in the country by demanding high purchase of expression of interest and nomination forms.”
“Since the state government has not amended the bill, it means that it will be business as usual for the APC to ambush other political parties with electoral frauds,” he said.