JUST-IN: APC Retakes Sokoto From Tambuwal

The All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for governor in Sokoto State’s just completed Saturday election, Hon. Ahmed Aliyu Sokoto, has been declared the state’s governor elect.

At the INEC collation center in Sokoto on Sunday night, Professor Armayau Hamisu, the returning officer, declared Ahmed Aliyu to have won the election legitimately. The APC candidate had received 453,661 votes, beating out Mallam Saidu Umar, the candidate of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who received 404,632 votes.

Recall that Aliyu was the deputy governor to the incumbent Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal from 2015 to 2018, when he resigned from office over political difference with Tambuwal.

The Governor had defected to the PDP at the time while Aliyu refused to follow suit and stayed put in APC.

According to the declared results, Ahmed Aliyu won in 18 out of the 23 local government areas of the State.

He won in Binji, Wurno, Yabo, Gwadabawa, Rabah, Bodinga, Tangaza, Kware, Dange-Shuni, Sabon Birnin, Shagari, Illela, Gudu, Gada, Kebbe, Sokoto South, Wamakko and Sokoto North local government areas.

On the other hand, the PDP candidate, Malam Sa’idu Umar, recorded victory at Isa, Silame, Tureta,  Goronyo and Tambuwal local government areas of the State.

See Full Results of Election Below:

1. Binji LGA

APC – 13,410
PDP – 11,078

2. Wurno LGA

APC – 17,350
PDP – 13,099

3. Yabo LGA

APC – 14,729
PDP – 12,014

4. Isa LGA

APC – 13,632
PDP – 15,117

5. Gwadabawa LGA

APC – 19,036
PDP – 16,652

6. Rabah LGA

APC – 12,759
PDP – 11,120

7. Tureta LGA

APC –   9,831
PDP – 10,045

8. Bodinga LGA

APC – 18,986
PDP – 16,440

9. Tangaza LGA

APC – 16,254
PDP –   9,705

10. Kware LGA

APC – 18,644
PDP – 18,161

11. Silame LGA

APC –   9,983
PDP – 10,885

12. Dange/Shuni LGA

APC – 22,690
PDP – 18,506

13. Sabon Birni LGA

APC – 26,884
PDP – 20,680

14. Shagari LGA

APC – 14,264

PDP – 13,893

15. Illela LGA

APC – 23,484
PDP – 19,169

16. Gudu LGA

APC – 12,118
PDP – 10,718

17. Gada LGA

APC – 19,969
PDP – 18,434

18. Goronyo LGA

APC – 16,567
PDP – 17,323

19. Kebbe LGA

APC – 14,902
PDP – 14,619

20. Sokoto South LGA

APC – 37,114
PDP – 33,363

21. Wamakko LGA

APC – 36,233
PDP – 27,642

22. Sokoto North LGA

APC – 35,333
PDP – 33,190

23. Tambuwal LGA

APC – 29,489
PDP – 32,77