CANDIDATE of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the governorship election in Sokoto State, Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko, has retained his seat as the governor, having swept the poll by a landslide majority.
After a period of collation of results which lasted 10 hours, the state Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Professor A. A. Zuru, who is the Vice Chancellor, Kebbi State University of Science and Technology, declared Wamakko as winner of the election conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
The result put the PDP on the lead with a total of 518,247 votes, while the All Nigeria People’s Party (ANPP) scored a total vote of 131,048 and Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) a total of 7,323 votes.
A total of 2,443,857 voters registered for the election.
Wamako, the PDP candidate, won convincingly in all the 23 local government areas of the state.
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), which sent representatives to monitor the election, in a press statement, declared the conduct as free and fair.
Reacting to the results, the candidate of the ANPP, Alhaji Yusha'u Muhammad Ahmad Kebbe, said he rejected whatever would be the result of the election.
While addressing a press conference on Sunday, at the residence of former governor of the state, Alhaji Attahiru Bafarawa, he appealed to the INEC to cancel the election and organise another one that would be seen as free and fair.
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