The Independent National Electoral Commission has declared the March 9 governorship election held in Sokoto State inconclusive.
The State’s Chief Returning Officer, Prof. Fatima Muktar, made the declaration on Sunday in Sokoto, stating that 51 Candidates contested the election. “From the forgoing, the election is declared inconclusive as I cannot take a decision in recognition of the narrow margin according to electoral law,” Muktar said.
She said the total valid votes were 987, 952 and the total rejected votes were 30, 082 while the total votes cast were 1, 018, 024 at the concluded election.Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of the Peoples Democratic Party , has won the election in 12 out of the 23 LGAs results announced with 3,413 votes margins.
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