{"id":262864,"date":"2023-04-16T13:23:33","date_gmt":"2023-04-16T12:23:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=262864"},"modified":"2023-04-16T13:23:33","modified_gmt":"2023-04-16T12:23:33","slug":"sokoto-north-senatorial-election-wamakko-defeats-sokoto-dep-gov-to-retain-seat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/04\/16\/sokoto-north-senatorial-election-wamakko-defeats-sokoto-dep-gov-to-retain-seat\/","title":{"rendered":"Sokoto-North senatorial election: Wamakko defeats Sokoto Dep Gov to retain seat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Senator Aliyu Agatakarda Wamakko of the All Progressive Congress, APC, has defeated the incumbent deputy Governor of Sokoto State, Manir Muhammad Dan\u2019iya, to retain his seat in the Senate.<\/p>\n<p>Wamakko scored 141,468 to defeat Dan\u2019iya of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, who polled 118,445 votes in the Sokoto-North senatorial <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/04\/15\/late-arrival-of-election-materials-mar-sokoto-supplementary-elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">supplementary election<\/a> conducted on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Recall that Wamakko was leading Dan\u2019iya with over 10,000 votes before the election was declared inconclusive following some hitches recorded during the National Assembly elections in the state.<\/p>\n<p>Wamakko, a two-term governor of the state has been in the Senate since 2015.<\/p>\n<p>WITHIN NIGERIA had earlier reported that Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Waziri <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/04\/16\/breaking-tambuwal-wins-sokoto-south-senatorial-seat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tambuwal won the Sokoto South Senatorial election<\/a> after he scored 100,860 votes to defeat the incumbent lawmaker and All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Ibrahim Danbaba Dambuwa, who polled 95,884 votes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senator Aliyu Agatakarda Wamakko of the All Progressive Congress, APC, has defeated the incumbent deputy Governor of Sokoto State, Manir Muhammad Dan\u2019iya, to retain his seat in the Senate. 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