Musa Na Allah Sokoto
The result of the just concluded Saturday re-run Election in Sokoto state has indicated that the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) is still waxing stronger, as it secured one national and a state Assembly seat from the 3 contested during the re-run.
It’s hard to believe that, despite monetary inducements and intimidations characterized at the just concluded Saturday re-run poll, the electorates in the four council areas of the state where the election was held, seemed to have made their preferences and minds known on the day of the election, as indicated in the results declared by various returning officers of the Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC) who collated the results of the elections.
The results sheets as obtained from INEC by our Correspondent show that PDP won two of the contested seats while APC, the ruling party in the state was able to secure one.
The Returning Officer for Yabo/Shagari Federal Constituency re-run election, Prof. Abubakar Abdullahi Bagudo, the election was keenly contested amongst the candidates of the nine political parties that participated.
Prof Bagudo in form EC 8E (11) FC/338/SO 0000001 affirmed that the candidate of the PDP Yusuf Umar Yabo pulled 26,829 votes to defeat his closest rival, Umar Abubakar of the APC who polled 26,113 votes.
In the same vein, Prof Farouk Tambuwal who served as Returning Officer for Bodinga North State Constituency, said Hon Magaji Abubakar of the PDP pulled 6,488 votes to defeat Yusuf Marafa Danchadi of the APC who polls 5,893 votes.
The Returning Officer for Tambuwal North State Constituency, Prof. Bayero Bukkuyum Kasim, declared Hon Bashir Ahmed Dahiru of the APC as the winner of the election having scored 19,315 votes to defeat PDP’s Hantsi Sule Romo who got 19,021 votes.
The re-run Election in the state had since been declared by the election umpire in the state through Form EC 8E (II) and made available to Journalists.
