Sunday 13 March 2016

APC sweeps Local council polls in Sokoto

The All Progressives Congress (APC), has won all the Chairmanship and
Councillorship seat in the Local Government elections conducted on Saturday in
Sokoto State.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the results were declared in
Sokoto on Sunday by Alhaji Usman Abubakar the Chairman, State Independent
Electoral Commission (SIEC).

Abubakar, who announced that APC won all the 22 Chairmanship seat and 234
Councillorship seat, described the poll as `free, fair and credible.’

The chairman had on Saturday announced the suspension of the election in Gudu
local government council.
He said that the election was suspended as a result of repetition of the logos of
some political, while those of other parties were missing due to a ” printer’s
devil.”

He said that a new date for the conduct of fresh poll in the local government
would be fixed at a later date.

P.M NEWS

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