Bola Tinubu is leading the vote count in Sokoto to try reverse his trouncing by Atiku Abubakar in Muhammadu Buhari’s neighboring Katsina.
Sokoto is governed by Aminu Tambuwal who belongs to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), of which Atiku is the presidential candidate.
Rabiu Kwankwaso of the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP) is currently third in the North Western state. Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate Peter Obi is fourth.
Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has won most votes in 10 of the 23 councils so far declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
Tinubu got 101,608 votes, Atiku (98,080), Kwankwaso (314), and Obi (171), per reporting by Vanguard.
Details of results
Below is the breakdown of the results so far declared:
Tureta Local Government Area
Registered voters 40, 746
Accredited voters 16, 516
APC 7, 684
LP. 1
NNPP. 9
PDP. 8, 144
Kware
Registered voters 74,056
Accredited voters 24,776
APC 10,485
LP. 63
NNPP. 11
PDP. 12,242
Bodinga
Registered voters 86,139
Accredited voters 28,054
Results
A 1
AA 0
AAC. 9
ADC. 21
ADB. 93
APC 13,384
APGA 26
APM. 7
APP 5
BP. 1
LP. 10
NNPP. 39
NRM. 33
PDP. 13,559
PRP. 11
SDP. 1
YPP. 7
ZLP. 2
Total valid votes 27,209
Rejected votes. 642
Total votes cast. 27,851
Shagari
Registered voters 68,033
Accredited voters 25,857
Results
A 3
AA 2
AAC. 5
ADC. 16
ADB. 26
APC 11,355
APGA 28
APM. 7
APP 9
BP. 3
LP. 3
NNPP. 47
NRM. 22
PDP. 13,009
PRP. 14
SDP. 7
YPP. 3
ZLP. 4
Total valid votes 24,563
Rejected votes. 924
Total votes cast. 25,487
Gudu
Registered voters. 47,199
Accredited voters. 22,081
Results
A 4
AA 8
AAC. 2
ADC. 6
ADB. 49
APC 11,194
APGA 58
APM. 21
APP 16
BP. 4
LP. 23
NNPP. 70
NRM. 39
PDP. 9,295
PRP. 40
SDP. 10
YPP. 11
ZLP. 6
Total valid votes 20,856
Rejected votes. 1095
Total votes cast. 21,951
Yabo
Registered voters. 63,837
Accredited voters. 23,336
Results
A 3
AA 8
AAC. 14
ADC. 17
ADP. 50
APC 10,650
APGA 40
APM. 17
APP 14
BP. 2
LP. 9
NNPP. 32
NRM. 26
PDP. 11,269
PRP. 7
SDP. 6
YPP. 10
ZLP. 0
Total valid votes 22,178
Rejected votes. 1037
Total votes cast. 23,215
Raba
Registered voters. 63,339
Accredited voters. 11,800
Results
A 2
AA 2
AAC. 2
ADC. 5
ADP. 32
APC 5,584
APGA 16
APM. 2
APP 4
BP. 2
LP. 3
NNPP. 48
NRM. 10
PDP. 5,490
PRP. 3
SDP. 2
YPP. 1
ZLP. 0
Total valid votes. 11,208
Rejected votes. 335
Total votes cast. 11,543
Tangaza
Registered voters 64,272
Accredited voters 18,448
Results
A 11
AA 3
AAC. 5
ADC. 22
ADP. 166
APC 10,331
APGA 50
APM. 17
APP 13
BP. 5
LP. 25
NNPP. 28
NRM. 28
PDP. 6,594
PRP. 13
SDP. 10
YPP. 14
ZLP. 10
Total valid votes 17,345
Rejected votes. 1,203
Total votes cast. 18,548
Binji
Registered voters. 49,893
Accredited voters. 20,004
Results
A 3
AA 3
AAC. 4
ADC. 8
ADP. 29
APC 9,953
APGA 29
APM. 11
APP 7
BP. 5
LP. 15
NNPP. 23
NRM. 18
PDP. 8,646
PRP. 14
Wurno
Registered voters. 63,721
Accredited voters. 21,550
Results
A 2
AA 0
AAC. 0
ADC. 9
ADP. 20
APC 10,988
APGA 21
APM. 4
APP 4
BP. 0
LP. 19
NNPP. 7
NRM. 18
PDP. 9,832
PRP. 9
SDP. 5
YPP. 9
ZLP. 2
Total valid votes 20,949
Rejected votes. 395
Total votes cast. 21,344
