SOKOTO RERUN: TAMBUWAL DEFEATS APC’S ALIYU WITH 341 VOTES
Joseph Omoniyi
Sokoto State incumbent and People’s Democratic Party, PDP candidate, Governor Aminu Tambuwal has defeated his All Progressive Congress, APC counterpart, Ahmad Aliyu in the gubernatorial race, after results from the 22 local governments where supplementary elections took place were collated.
At the final count as announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC in the state, APC polled 511,661 votes, while the PDP secured 512,002 votes, respectively.
As such, PDP defeated APC with 341 votes
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