According to Dr. Shamsuddeen Haliru, the spokesperson for the Independent National Electoral Commission in Sokoto state, all National Assembly elections in the state have been declared inconclusive. As a result, supplementary elections will be held as none of the 11 Federal Constituencies and three Senatorial Districts have been returned. There has been confusion regarding the delay in announcing the results of the National Assembly elections in the state. Supporters of the two main political parties have taken to social media to declare fake results in favor of their respective parties.
The two major political parties in the state, PDP and APC, were leading in different areas based on the results collated so far. Governor Aminu Tambuwal was leading in the Sokoto South Senatorial election with 87,850 votes against the 79,991 votes scored by the APC’s candidate, Ibrahim Dambuwa. In the gubernatorial race, the former governor scored 114,866 votes against the 103,134 scored by the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Manir Muhammad Dan’iya, who is also the state’s deputy governor.
In the Sokoto East Senatorial election, the PDP’s candidate, Shu’aibu Gwanda Gobir, a former member of the Federal House of Representatives, was leading with 99,198 votes, followed closely by the APC’s candidate, Ibrahim Lamido, who scored 97,147 votes. The same fate befell all the candidates for the 11 House of Representatives elections in the state, as their elections were declared inconclusive.
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