No fewer than 400 candidates are contesting in Saturday’s State House of Assembly election in Borno, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports.
NAN also reports that some 32 of the 41 registered political parties fielded candidates to contest in the state governorship election.
Ibrahim said that the candidates those from the ruling All Progressive Congress and the major opposition, Peoples Democratic Party .He called on the candidates and their parties to support the commission by mobilising prospective voters to be orderly and peaceful during the election. While Dr Ahmed Dikwa is contesting the election under the platform of the Abundant Nigeria Renewal Party , retire Cpt. Ibrahim Mshelia is of the Zenith Labour Party , and Aliyu Alhaji is of the Action Alliance .
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