Sokoto State: 2027 ballot

Official sources only. Facts come from the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Candidates will be added only from INEC’s published final list. Vote Book does not publish polls.

On your ballot

President and Vice President (Sat, Jan 16, 2027)
Senator: 3 senatorial districts in Sokoto (Jan 16)
House of Representatives: your federal constituency (Jan 16)
Governor and Deputy Governor (Sat, Feb 6, 2027)
State House of Assembly: your state constituency (Feb 6)

Senate candidates (Jan 16)

Sokoto East (12 candidates)

Party	Candidate	Age	Gender
A	NURA IBRAHIM	37	M
ADP	ADAMU MUSTAPHA	40	M
APP	HABIBU NASIRU	50	M
AAC	TUKUR MUHAMMAD	50	M
ADC	HASSAN MUHAMMAD A.S.	60	M
APC	UMARU AJIYA	61	M
APM	MUHAMMAD HAMZA SULAIMAN	45	M
LP	GARBA BELLO	41	M
NDC	UMMAR MAISALATI ABDULRAHMAN	50	M
PDP	UMAR ABUBAKAR GADA	62	M
SDP	GORONYO BASHAR ATTAHIRU	38	M
YPP	SANI NASIRU	35	M

Sokoto North (11 candidates)

Party	Candidate	Age	Gender
A	ABUBAKAR BADAMASI	46	M
ADP	ABDULLAHI IBRAHIM	36	M
APP	SIDI MAMUDA	35	M
AAC	JAFARU ALHAJI SOKOTO	51	M
ADC	MAISHINKO MANI KATAMI	64	M
APC	MAGATAKARDA ALIYU WAMAKKO	73	M
APGA	ABBAS BELLO	35	M
APM	ABDULRAHMAN HALIMA	40	F
NDC	ABUBAKAR MAINASARA SANI	53	M
PDP	MACCIDO AHMED MUHAMMED	62	M
SDP	MAI'AKWAI MUHAMMAD YAHAYA	39	M

Sokoto South (13 candidates)

Party	Candidate	Age	Gender
A	ABUBAKAR BAYARO	36	M
ADP	IMRANA MOHAMMAD	41	M
APP	MUHAMMAD SADIQ	36	M
AAC	IBRAHIM SALISU	51	M
ADC	YABO FARUK MALAMI	56	M
APC	ABDULLAHI IBRAHIM DANBABA	70	M
APGA	ALIYU MODE	57	M
APM	ABUBAKAR MUSA	36	M
NDC	TANIMU BODINGA BILYAMINU	46	M
PDP	YUSUF DAHIRU YABO	61	M
SDP	JAREDI ABDULLAHI ARZIKA	42	M
YPP	SHEHU SHAMSU	35	M
ZLP	MUHAMMAD BASHAR YABO	41	M

Details are shown exactly as printed in INEC’s final list (INEC, PDF), signed by the Secretary to the Commission. Names are in INEC’s order (often surname first). Vote Book does not rank or endorse candidates.

House of Representatives candidates (Jan 16)

Isa/Sabon Birni (11 candidates)

Party	Candidate	Age	Gender
ADP	ABUBAKAR S-GOBIR	36	M
APP	SANI MAMUDA	36	M
ADC	GWANDA SHUAIBU GOBIR	66	M
APC	SAIDU MOHAMMED BARGAJA	63	M
APGA	MANSUR HARUNA	37	M
APM	MUHAMMAD SHEHU ISA	30	M
NDC	ABUBAKAR JAMILU	30	M
PDP	BUWAI HAMZA ADAMU	62	M
SDP	KANSILA SANI	61	M
YPP	UMAR ABDULMUMIN SAEED	33	M
ZLP	YAHAYA AMINU	39	M

Goronyo/Gada (16 candidates)

Party	Candidate	Age	Gender
A	LIMAN YUSUF GADA	45	M
ADP	YUSUF KABIRU	29	M
APP	MAKAMA NURA	40	M
AAC	ALIYU MARYAM	37	F
ADC	USMAN BASHIRU	37	M
APC	SAYUDI ALMUSTAPHA	51	M
APGA	ABUBAKAR DAHIRU	36	M
APM	IBRAHIM SAMAILA	40	M
LP	BAWA A. MUSA	25	M
NDP	UMAR RULWANU	44	M
NRM	UMAR RILWANU	44	M
NDC	ATTAHIRU BUNU FODIO	27	M
PDP	GERO ADAMU	58	M
SDP	GORONYO ABDULLAHI UWAISU	65	M
YPP	ABDULLAHI USMAN	27	M
ZLP	RUFAI AHMAD	33	M

Wurno/Rabah (15 candidates)

Party	Candidate	Age	Gender
ADP	LAWAL ABUBAKAR	35	M
APP	SHEHU ANGO	40	M
AAC	UMAR ABDULLAHI	47	M
ADC	GIDADO MUHAMMED BASHIR	52	M
APC	ALIYU IBRAHIM ALMUSTAPHA	53	M
APGA	ABUBAKAR ALIYU	56	M
APM	SADA UMAR	38	M
LP	MUHAMMAD MU'AZU	39	M
NRM	HASSAN FATIMA	38	F
NDC	SANI ABUBAKAR SANI	36	M
PDP	YARTSAKUWA ASHIRU GARBA	48	M
PRP	IDRIS ABDULLAHI	44	M
SDP	MUHAMMAD ABDULLAHI	28	M
YPP	ALIYU SHUAIBU GANDI	31	M
ZLP	BUHARI SAIDU	54	M

Illela/Gwadabawa (9 candidates)

Party	Candidate	Age	Gender
A	ABDULLAHI ABDULKADIR	34	M
ADP	ABBAS MURTALA	44	M
APP	MANDE BABANGIDA	50	M
ADC	SALIHU ALIYU	56	M
APC	ZAYYANA ABUBAKAR MOHAMMED	51	M
APGA	ABDULLAHI MUSA ILLELA	40	M
APM	ISAH AMINU	29	M
NDC	LAWAL UMAR HALIRU	44	M
SDP	ATTAHIRU MUSA	46	M

Tangaza/Gudu (8 candidates)

Party	Candidate	Age	Gender
ADP	HUSSAINI MUAZU	48	M
APP	GANAJAYE TUKUR	50	M
ADC	GARBA IBRAHIM	34	M
APC	YAKUBU SANI ALHAJI	54	M
APM	ALHAJI ALIYU IBRAHIM	46	M
NDC	ABUBAKAR YUSUF SULEIMAN	43	M
PDP	IBRAHIM SIRAJO	36	M
SDP	AHMAD ALIYU	38	M

Binji/Silame (12 candidates)

Party	Candidate	Age	Gender
A	ABUBAKAR BILIYAMINU	35	M
ADP	UMAR KABIRU	42	M
APP	MUHD AMINU ABUBAKAR	40	M
AAC	BUHARI MUHAMMAD	51	M
ADC	MUHAMMAD MUSTAPHA	40	M
APC	SA'ADU MOHAMMED	53	M
APM	USMAN MALAMI	44	M
NDP	AHMAD ALIYU BINJI	31	M
NRM	AHMED BINJI ALIYU	31	M
NDC	MUHAMMED SANUSI	56	M
PDP	AMINU DIKKO MANSUR	31	M
SDP	BAURA TAMBARI	53	M

Kware/Wamakko (11 candidates)

Party	Candidate	Age	Gender
A	UMAR NURA	43	M
ADP	ISMAILA IBRAHIM	48	M
APP	AMINU MUSTAPHA SIDI	35	M
ADC	ABUBAKAR MAHE GADDAFI	37	M
APC	ABDULLAHI AHMAD KALAMBAINA	57	M
APM	ISAH MARYAM BELLO	38	F
LP	ADAMU SADIYA	31	F
NDC	ABUBAKAR YUSUF	40	M
PDP	SANI HALIDU	53	M
SDP	BANKANU ZAINUDEEN ISAH	39	M
YPP	ABUBAKAR USMAN	33	M

Sokoto North/Sokoto South (16 candidates)

Party	Candidate	Age	Gender
A	YARO SHEHU	51	M
ADP	ANAS LABARAN	42	M
APP	HANNATU DMOWA	55	F
AAC	HALIRU ABUBAKAR	36	M
ADC	UMAR ARKIN FADA	45	M
APC	ABUBAKAR HASSAN BALA	70	M
APGA	MOHAMMED SEKINA	40	F
APM	MUHAMMAD HAMZA SALISU	48	M
LP	BELLO ABUBAKAR	46	M
NDP	EL-SUDAN HASSAN	66	M
NRM	ELSUDAN HASSAN	66	M
NDC	MUSA BATURE	60	M
PDP	ALIYU KABIRU ALHAJI	64	M
SDP	SANI DAHIRU	33	M
YPP	HAMZA USMAN	28	M
ZLP	BABA ALIYU SHEHU	46	M

Dange-Shuni/Bodinga/Tureta (12 candidates)

Party	Candidate	Age	Gender
ADP	SHEHU MUSTAPHA	39	M
APP	A YAHAYA	36	M
ADC	ABUBAKAR ALIYU	47	M
APC	SHEHU NASIRU	46	M
APGA	SAIFULAHHI BELLO	37	M
APM	DALA ZAINAB GARBA	41	F
NDP	BUDA BODINGA SA'IDU	66	M
NDC	BELLO GARBA	45	M
PDP	MODI ALIYU SIFAWA	62	M
SDP	DANGE UMAR SAHABI	52	M
YPP	ABUBAKAR MUSA ALH	34	M
ZLP	MUHAMMAD NURA	44	M

Yabo/Shagari (15 candidates)

Party	Candidate	Age	Gender
A	MUHAMMAD RILWANU	36	M
ADP	SANI BASHIR YABO	43	M
APP	GINGA BELLO	35	M
AAC	KABIRU DAHIRU	50	M
ADC	YUSUF UMAR YABO	40	M
APC	MAITAFSIR MUSA GARBA	66	M
APGA	BELLO ISIAKA	43	M
APM	NURA BELLO	29	M
NDP	ALIYU AMINA SHAGARI	39	F
NRM	ALIYU SHAGARI AMINA	39	F
NDC	SAHABI ASHAFA	46	M
PDP	ABUBAKAR SANI	30	M
PRP	MALAMI SULAIMAN	40	M
SDP	UMAR SANI M.	38	M
ZLP	SHEHU YUSUF MOHAMMED	36	M

Kebbe/Tambuwal (13 candidates)

Party	Candidate	Age	Gender
A	ALIYU DOGONDAJI ABUBAKAR	37	M
APP	DAN KAZA ADAMU	40	M
AAC	ALIYU ABBA	34	M
ADC	BELLO ABUBAKAR UMAR	46	M
APC	SHEHU ABBA A	58	M
APGA	SHERIFA HALERU	38	F
APM	IBRAHIM ABDULNASIR	37	M
LP	BALA HAFSATU	33	F
NDP	HASSAN BALKISU SANYINNA	39	F
NRM	HASSAN SANYINNA BALKISU	39	F
PDP	MUSA ABUBAKAR GIRKAU	57	M
SDP	MUHAMMAD AMINU	37	M
ZLP	TANIMU YUSUF	39	M

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Pending: governorship and State House of Assembly candidates are not yet on this guide

Sources: INEC revised timetable · INEC election calendar · all sources