SOKOTO: Tambuwal reveals plan for 2nd term in office

After securing victory at the Sokoto State gubernatorial poll, Governor Aminu Tambuwal has revealed plans for his second term in office.

While addressing scores of jubilant supporters on Sunday in Sokoto, Tambuwal also called for peaceful celebrations while celebrating the party’s victory at the last governorship elections.

He said; “We have succeeded in wining this election with all of you and we will ensure a strategic government that will involve all so as to develop Sokoto State and maintain its credibility and respect in the country and the world at large.

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“We have won the election and we need to celebrate it, but I urge all of you to maintain peaceful victory rallies and also pray for the best leadership of our dreams,” he said.

According to the governorship election results released by the Chief Collation/Returning Officer for the state, Prof. Fatima Mukhtar, Tambuwal was declared winner after garnering 512,002 votes, 342 votes more than his former deputy and APC challenger, Ahmad Aliyu, who got 511,660 votes.

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