Tambuwal now PDP Sokoto governorship candidate
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the independent national electoral commission inec says incumbent sokoto state governor aminu tambuwal is the governorship candidate of the peoples democratic party pdp for the 2019 elections1 tambuwal finished second behind atiku abubakar who emerged the party presidential candidate at its convention held in port-harcourt rivers state on oct. 61 festus okoye inecs national commissioner and chairman information and voter education who confirmed the substitution said tambuwal now replaces the name of manir daniya earlier submitted as the party flag bearer1 it was believed that daniya who was tambuwals commissioner for local government affairs had only held the pdp governorship ticket for tambuwal in case he tambuwal lost the partys presidential ticket1 daniya had emerged as pdp consensus candidate1 okoye also noted that daniya by the substitution automatically becomes the deputy governorship candidate of the party for sokoto state1