May 14, 2026

PDP’s Aminu Tambuwal reelected as governor of Sokoto state

By Farouk Mohammed

Aminu Tambuwal, governor of Sokoto state, has just won the Sokoto governorship election.

He emerged with the highest number of votes after collation of results of the supplementary.

Tambuwal polled a total of 512,002 votes from both the March 9 first ballot and yesterday’s supplementary election.

Ahmad Aliyu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) came close behind with 511,661, losing to his erstwhile principal with just 341votes.

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