Presidential election: Buhari wins Sokoto

With two more local government results to be declared, President Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressive Party, APC, has won the presidential election held Weekend in Sokoto state , having won in 17 local government areas.

From the 21 local government results so far declared as at 4pm, President Buhari has garnered 445,275 votes to that of his closest rival, Atiku Abubakar of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, who garnered 328,
411 votes.

The Sokoto State Collation Officer for Presidential election, Prof. Muhammed Yahuza of the Bayero University Kano,, who presided over the collation , announced the adjournment for the two remaining local government results before the result will be taken to INEC office in Abuja for announcement.

The breakdown of the results local government by local government is as follows

LGA. APC. PDP
Wurno. 20,307. 9,847
Isa. 15,264. 17892
Silame. 10,910. 13,949
Kware. 17,684. 14,570
Sokoto south 41,347. 24,598
Yabo. 15,465. 10,176
Wamakko. 37,716. 17,174
Gwadabawa. 23,242. 15,656
Kebbe. 16,466. 13,659
Ileila. 25,217. 16,546
Sokoto North. 32,943. 20,884
Tureta. 8,516. 10,209
Raba. 15,371. 10,918
Guru. 10, 833. 13, 225
Tangaza. 16, 767. 11, 489
Binji. 10, 572. 10, 433
Shagari. 18, 065. 13, 548
Sabon Gari. 28, 209. 26,407
Gada. 25,022. 15, 079
Tambuwal. 34, 927. 26, 287
Gorongo. 20,432. 15,865

In related development, the senator representing Sokoto North Senatorial district, Senator Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko, was declared winner yesterday by the Returning officer , Prof. Aminu Mohammed .

The chairman of the Northern Senators and coordinator, Northwest Presidential campaign council, won in five of the eight local government areas in the senatorial district.