By Muhammad Nasir
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Sokoto won all the 23 local government councils seats for the election that was conducted on Saturday.
The chairman of the State Independent Electoral Commission, SIEC, announced the results at the headquarters of the commission 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 law,” he said.
The 10 political parties that participated in the election include 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).
The All Progressives Congress (APC) had ealier announced its boycot from the election for alleged lack of transparency.
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