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INEC Declare Ahmed Aliyu Winner Of Sokoto Governorship Election
Ahmad Aliyu Sokoto of APC polled 453,661 votes to defeat his closest rival
The independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Ahmad Aliyu Sokoto as a Governor-elect of Sokoto State.
The returning officer and the Vice Chancellor of Federal University Dutsinma Prof Armiyau Hamis said Ahmad Aliyu Sokoto of APC polled 453,661 votes to defeat his closest rival Mallam Saidu Umar of PDP who polled 404632.
From the results, the APC governorship candidate won 17 local government areas out of 23 local governments of the state while PDP won in 6 local governments.