Buhari leads in eight Sokoto LGAs

Tunde Omolehin, Sokoto

The presidential candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC), President Muhammadu Buhari, is currently leading in the Saturday’s presidential election in Sokoto State.

Results returned from nine of 23 local government areas and so far collated by the State Returning Officer, Prof. Yakub Yahuza, indicates that the incumbent President has won in eight.

The results show that the APC candidate got a total of 188,237 votes, while Alhaji Atiku Abubakar of the  Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is trailing with a total of 118,415 votes.

The results also indicate that Buhari won in Wamakko, Isa, Kware, Silame, Bodinga, Yabo and Sokoto South LGAs, while the PDP won in only one local government area, Tureta.

Isa LG:
APC= 15,264
PDP= 17,892

Silame LG.
APC= 10,910
PDP= 13,949

Wurno LG:
APC= 20,307
PDP= 9,847

Kware LG:
APC= 17,684
PDP= 14,570

Bodinga LG:
APC= 21,028
PDP= Yet to be

Sokoto South:
APC= 41,347
PDP= 24,598

Yabo LG:
APC= 15,465
PDP= 10,176

Tureta LG:
APC= 8,516
PDP= 10,209

Wamakko LG:
APC= 37,716
PDP= 17,174