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General News of Monday, 20 March 2023

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Fayose celebrates loss of Tambuwal’s anointed candidate in Sokoto

A collage of Tambuwal and Fayose play videoA collage of Tambuwal and Fayose

Former Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose has celebrated the loss of Governor Aminu Tambuwal’s anointed candidate in the just-ended Sokoto election.

Fayose in a video after the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Ahmed Aliyu was declared the winner of the polls, claimed that Tambuwal is “treacherous”.

Armaya’u Hamisu, the returning officer of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for Sokoto governorship election announced the result on Sunday evening, March 19.

Aliyu polled 453,661 votes to defeat his closest rival, Saidu Umar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who polled 404,632 votes.

Mr. Aliyu, an ally of a former Governor of Sokoto State and sitting senator, Aliyu Wamakko, was the deputy to Governor Aminu Tambuwal during his first tenure between 2015 and 2019.

In 2019, he contested against Mr. Tambuwal, a member of the PDP, and lost with a close margin of 342 votes after a re-run.