PDP wins all seats in Sokoto LG poll

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has won all the 23 chairmanship and 244 councillorship seats in the Sokoto State local government councils poll.

Alhaji Aliyu Suleiman, Chairman, Sokoto State Independent Electoral Commission (SIEC), stated this when he announced the results in Sokoto on Sunday.

“I certify that the election was conducted hitch-free and 10 political parties participated in the election.

“The candidates that won have the highest number of valid votes and satisfied the requirements of law.

”They are hereby declared winners and are hereby return elected according to law,” he said.

Ten political parties including Accord Party (AP), African Alliance (AA), African Democratic Congress (ADC), All Peoples Party (APP), African Progressive Movement (APM), Boot Party (BP), Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Young Peoples Party (YPP), Zenith Party (ZP) and Labour Party (LP) featured in the election.

The All Progressives Congress (APC) had earlier announced its resolve to boycott the election for lack of transparency.

Zainab Sa’id