APC Wins Sokoto State House Of Assembly Bye-Election

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The candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Ahaji Abdullahi Randa in Saturday’s Tureta State Assembly constituency by-election has been declared winner of the Sokoto State House of Assembly bye-election after polling 9223 votes.

Announcing the results, the INEC Returning Officer, Dr Abdulateef Femi said the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Movement(PDM), Kamilu Umar, placed second with 114 votes.

According to Dr Femi, the constituency had 33,832 registered voters. He said a total of 9798 voters were accredited, while 9781 votes were cast. He also said that there were 9544 total valid votes, 237 rejected votes and 772 cancelled votes.