Tambuwal wins re-election bid

Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto state has been declared winner of the gubernatorial polls in the state having obtained 512,002 votes, just as the APC candidate, Ahmed Aliyu, got 511,660 votes.

Tambuwal won by 342 votes.

Announcing the final outcome of the inconclusive and supplementary governorship elections in the state, INEC’s Returning Officer, Professor Fatima Batul Muktar said PDP got the highest number of votes.

Earlier, while giving the results of the supplementary governorship election in Sokoto, Professor Fatima Batul  Muktar said PDP had 22,444 while APC got 25,515 votes to lead in the supplementary election by 3,071.

But from the inconclusive election, APC had 486,145 votes while PDP led with 3,413 votes having secured 489,558 votes.

This put PDP in the final lead with 342 votes.

According to her, the total registered voters was 1,887,767; accredited voters was 1,083,413; valid votes was 1,036,332 while rejected votes was 31,662.