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JUST IN: Tambuwal Leads In Five Of Six LGs But Victory Still Not Certain

Tambuwal is currently leading Ahmad Aliyu of the All Progressives Congress by a slim margin of 5,117 votes.

Aminu Tambuwal, Governor of Sokoto State, is currently leading in five of the six Local Government Areas (LGA) in the state.

Although he had emerged Governor in 2015 on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), he defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to contest for the presidential ticket, lost and settled for reelection as Governor on the PDP platform.

Tambuwal is currently leading Ahmad Aliyu of the All Progressives Congress by a slim margin of 5,117 votes.

As announced at the Sokoto State collation centre in Sultan Maccido Institute, Sokoto, he has won Kware, Silame, Tureta, Bodinga and Binji LGA, respectively, while Ahmed has won only Rabba LGA so far.

According to the results, in six LGAs, PDP has secured 95,926 votes, while APC has 90,809 votes.

Sokoto State has 23 LGAs.

See details below:

Kware

APC: 19001

PDP: 20011

 

Rabba

APC: 16, 535

PDP: 13,232

 

Silame

APC: 12341

PDP: 15923

 

Binji

APC: 10699

PDP: 12327

 

Tureta

APC: 11454

PDP: 13017

 

Bodinga

APC: 20779

PDP: 21416