Sokoto State governor, Aminu Tambuwal, has been declared winner of the Sokoto south senatorial district election.
The returning officer, Abubakar Bagudu, who announced the results, said the governor garnered 100,860 votes to win the election.
Tambuwal defeated Danbaba Dambuwa, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), who polled 95,884 votes to lose his re-election bid.
With his victory, he joins the list of governors who have won senatorial seats in the 2023 election. Others are Dave Umahi of Ebonyi state and Abubakar Bello of Niger state.
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Tambuwal was elected governor of Sokoto in 2015 and was re-elected in 2019.
The 57-year-old initially vied for the presidential ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) but later stepped down for Atiku Abubakar.
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