Governor Tambuwal records
massive victory over APC at his
polling unit
Updated: a day ago
Author: Akinyemi Akinrujomu
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Category: Local news , Politics
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The Governor of Sokoto state Aminu
Tambuwal has won handsomely at his
polling unit in the governorship and state
assembly elections held in the northwest
state and across Nigeria on Saturday, March
9.
Premium Times reports that Governor
Tambuwal, who is seeking re-election on
the platform of the Peoples Democratic
Party (PDP), defeated Ahmed Aliyu, the
candidate of the All Progressives
Congress by a very wide margin.
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According to reports announced by the
Independent National Electoral
Commission (INEC) in Tambuwal’s
polling unit 011, Shinyar Ajiya,
Tambuwal/Shinfiri area of Tambuwal
Local Government the governor polled
806 votes while APC polled 197 votes.
PDP was also victorious in the state
assembly election held in the same
polling unit, polling 719 votes to the
APC's 258 votes.
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Meanwhile, Legit.ng reported that the
opposition PDP also won in the polling
unit of Bauchi governor Mohammed
Abdullahi Abubakar of the All
Progressives Congress (APC) at Makama
Sarkin Baki.
Results declared at the polling booth
showed that the PDP won with a
resounding 358 votes to the APC's 288
votes in the governorship election.
This was just as the PDP's governorship
candidate in Kano, Abba Kabir Yusuf,
also defeated the incumbent governor,
Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of All
Progressives Congress (APC) at the
Magwan polling unit where the deputy
governor cast his vote.
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