The governorship candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Sokoto State, Gov. Aminu Tambuwal, has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to declare him the winner of Saturday poll.
Tambuwal in a special broadcast today in Sokoto, noted that Section 179(2) of the Constitutional and INEC guidelines were explicit on governorship elections.
INEC earlier declared the March 9 governorship election in Sokoto state inconclusive, which according to the state’s returning Officer was because the 75, 403 cancelled votes in 136 polling units was higher than the 3, 413 margin difference between Tambuwal’s score and that of the opposition party.
Meanwhile, Tambuwal said the commission is yet to explain reasons for cancellation of votes in the 136 polling units, adding that the question of margin difference is strange to the Nigerian constitution as the law requires majority of votes and 25 per cent of votes cast in two-third majority of states of the federation.
Vice Chancellor, Federal University Dutse (FUD), Jigawa, Prof. Fatima Muktar, had declared that Tambuwal polled 489, 558 votes while his closest rival, Alhaji Ahmad Aliyu of the APC scored 486, 145 votes.
