Ahmed Aliyu Sokoto of the APC has been declared the winner of the Sokoto State Governorship polls.
Mr Aliyu won with a total of 453661 votes defeating his closest rival Saidu Umar of the PDP who polled a total vote of 404632.
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The NNPP candidate scored 1,019,602 votes to defeat his closest contender, Nasir Gawuna of the APC who polled 890,705 votes.
The PDP expressed dissatisfaction with the results.
Two other persons were injured in the attack and authorities say all the victims were Chinese workers.
The state Commissioner for Information and Internal Affairs, Muhammad Garba, made the announcement in a statement issued Monday morning.
The former Kano governor is calling for fairness as his party leads, based on the 44 LGA results announced.
PDP says all attempts by INEC and the APC to announce doctored figures will be firmly resisted by the people…