Ibrahim Lamido of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has been declared the winner of the Sokoto East Senate seat at the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
The Returning Officer, Prof. Muhammad Bayawa, declared the result in Sokoto on Sunday.
Declaring the result, Bayawa said that Lamido polled a total of 112,764 votes to defeat Gwanda Shuaibu of the Peoples Democratic Party with 107,834 votes, while Abdullahi Dahiru of the New Nigeria Peoples Party came a distant third with 410 votes.
Similarly, the APC has also won eight out of the 10 House of Representatives seats covered by the supplementary election.
However, Abdussamad Dasuki of the PDP won the Tambuwal/Kebbe federal constituency seat, while Bashir Gorau of the PDP also won the Gada/Goronyo federal constituency seat.
From the declaration of the results thus far, the APC currently has two Senate and eight House of Representatives seats, while the PDP has one Senate and three House of Representatives seats in the state.