1979 Sokoto State gubernatorial election
July 28, 1979
 
Nominee Shehu Kangiwa
Party NPN
Running mate Garba Nadama
Elected Governor

Shehu Kangiwa
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]

References

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