2023 Sokoto State gubernatorial election

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2023 Sokoto State gubernatorial election
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Party APC PDP
Governor before election

Aminu Tambuwal
PDP

Elected Governor

TBD
TBD

The 2023 Sokoto State gubernatorial election will take place in early 2023, to elect the Governor of Sokoto State. Incumbent PDP Governor Aminu Tambuwal is term-limited and cannot seek re-election to a third term. The primaries will be scheduled for late 2022 or early 2023.

Electoral system[]

The Governor of Sokoto State is elected using a modified two-round system. To be elected in the first round, a candidate must receive the plurality of the vote and over 25% of the vote in at least two-thirds of state local government areas. If no candidate passes this threshold, a second round will be held between the top candidate and the next candidate to have received a plurality of votes in the highest number of local government areas.

Primary elections[]

The primaries, along with any potential challenges to primary results, will take place in late 2022 or early 2023.

APC[]

Potential[]

  • Isa Ahmad Aliyu: Nigeria Police Trust Fund Executive Secretary (2020–present), 2019 APC gubernatorial nominee, and former Deputy Governor (2015–2018)[1][2]
  • Abubakar Umar Gada: Senator for Sokoto East (2007–2011)[2]
  • Abdullahi Ibrahim Gobir: Senator for Sokoto East (2011–present)[2][3]
  • Abubakar Abdullahi Gumbi: retired civil servant[2]
  • Abdullahi Balarabe Salame: House of Representatives member for Gwadabawa/Illela (2011–present), former House of Assembly member for Gwadabawa East (2007–2011), former Speaker of the House of Assembly (2007–2011), and former Acting Governor (2008)[2]
  • Yusuf Sulaiman: former Minister of Transport (2011) and former Minister of Sports (2011)[1][2]
  • Abubakar Shehu Tambuwal: former Senator for Sokoto South (2019)[2]
  • Faruk Malami Yabo: Ambassador to Jordan (2021–present), 2019 APC gubernatorial candidate and deputy gubernatorial nominee, former Commissioner of Local Government and Community Development (2012–2015), and former Commissioner of Finance (2007–2012)[1][2]

PDP[]

Potential[]

  • Umar Isa Ajiya: Chief Financial Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation and in-law of former Governor Attahiru Bafarawa[2]
  • : 2012 DPP gubernatorial nominee, Senator for Sokoto North (1992–1993), and former Commissioner of Economic Planning[2]
  • Manir Dan Iya: Deputy Governor (2018–present)[2]
  • Ahmad Muhammad Gusau: former Deputy Governor[2]
  • Muktar Shagari: former Deputy Governor (2007–2015), former Minister of Water Resources (2001–2007), and nephew of former President Shehu Shagari[2]
  • Saidu Umar: Secretary to the State Government (2019–present) and former Commissioner of Finance (2015–2019)[2]

Declined[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c Innocent, Onuminya. "Rumble in Sokoto as Parties Race Ahead of 2023". ThisDay. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Mohammed, Aminu. "Sokoto 2023: Revisiting 342 and its nemesis". Desert Herald. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
  3. ^ Salau, Abdullateef. "2023: Senators Scheming For Governorship Seats". Daily Trust. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
  4. ^ "Count me out of 2023 Sokoto guber race ― Abdussamad Dasuki". Vanguard. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
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