1979 Sokoto State gubernatorial election explained

Election Name:1979 Sokoto State gubernatorial election
Type:presidential
Ongoing:no
Next Election:1983 Sokoto State gubernatorial election
Next Year:1983
Election Date:July 28, 1979
Nominee1:Shehu Kangiwa
Running Mate1:Garba Nadama
Party1:NPN
Governor
After Election:Shehu Kangiwa
After Party:NPN

The 1979 Sokoto State gubernatorial election occurred on July 28, 1979. NPN candidate Shehu Kangiwa won the election.[1] [2] [3]

Shehu Kangiwa became the gubernatorial candidate of NPN on June 25, 1979.[4] [5] [6]

Results

Abubakar Rimi representing PRP won the election. The election held on July 28, 1979.[7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2020-05-04. Former Sokoto governor, Garba Nadama, dies. 2021-05-09. Daily Nigerian. en-US.
  2. Web site: 2020-05-04. Former Sokoto Governor dies during protracted illness amid rising COVID-19 cases -. 2021-05-09. The Eagle Online. en-US.
  3. Web site: Adedapo. Adejuwon. 2020-10-03. THE GOVERNOR THAT DIED ON HORSE RIDE. 2021-05-09. Nigerianhistoryonline.com. en-US.
  4. Web site: 2012-12-17. Nigeria: When Stuff Happens. 2021-05-09. allAfrica.com.
  5. Web site: As the light dims on Garba Nadama, Sokoto's second civilian governor. 2021-05-09. Daily Trust. May 17, 2020. en.
  6. Web site: 2020-05-04. Ex-Sokoto Governor, Nadama, Is Dead. 2021-05-09. Sahara Reporters.
  7. Web site: Nigeria: Where Are Second Republic Governors?. live. 2021-05-09. https://web.archive.org/web/20110604161632/https://allafrica.com/stories/200901140197.html. June 4, 2011.
  8. Web site: Nigeria - THE SECOND REPUBLIC, 1979-83. 2021-05-09. countrystudies.us.
  9. Panter-Brick. Keith. 1979. Nigeria: The 1979 Elections. Sage Publications, Ltd.. Africa Spectrum. 14. 3. 317–335. 40173962.
  10. Joseph. Richard A.. 1981. The Ethnic Trap: Notes on the Nigerian Campaign and Elections, 1978-79. Cambridge University Press. Issue: A Journal of Opinion. 11. 1/2. 17–23. 10.2307/1166229 . 1166229.
  11. Okpu. Ugbana. 1985. Inter-Party Political Relations in Nigeria 1979-1983. Sage Publications, Ltd.. Africa Spectrum. 20. 2. 191–209. 40174204.
  12. Web site: Nigerian States. 2021-05-09. www.worldstatesmen.org.
  13. Web site: Emmanuel. Odang. Nigeria Second Republic Governors - Rainbownigeria. September 19, 2020. 2021-05-09. en-US.
  14. Book: Onyechi, N. Nik. Nigeria's Book of Firsts: A Handbook on Pioneer Nigerian Citizens, Institutions, and Events. 1989. Nigeriana Publications. 978-978-2839-99-2. en.

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