Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto state on Sunday survived the tough challenge of Ahmed Aliyu of the All Progressives Congress to win re-election for a second term. Although he lost in the collated result for 35 polling units in Kebbe LGA, he was able to edge his opponent, his former deputy, by retaining the lead, winning by just 341 votes. He polled 512002 votes, while his APC challenger got 511661 votes.
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