{"id":275,"date":"2016-03-14T12:24:36","date_gmt":"2016-03-14T11:24:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsscreenng.wordpress.com\/?p=275"},"modified":"2016-03-14T12:24:36","modified_gmt":"2016-03-14T11:24:36","slug":"apc-sweeps-polls-in-sokoto-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/apc-sweeps-polls-in-sokoto-state\/","title":{"rendered":"APC sweeps polls in Sokoto State"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;line-height:22.5pt;background:white;margin:0 0 7.5pt;\"><span style=\"background:white;\">The All Progressive Party (APC), in Sokoto State, North West Nigeria has won all the seats in the Local Government elections conducted on Saturday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;line-height:22.5pt;background:white;margin:0 0 7.5pt;\"><span style=\"background:white;\">The State Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Alhaji Usman Abubakar, stated while releasing the results yesterday that the APC won all the Local Government Chairmanship seats as well as the Councillorship seats throughout the state.<\/span><\/p><div data-ad-id=\"32665\" style=\"text-align:center; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px;float:none;\" class=\"afw afw_ad_image afw_ad afwadid-32665  \">\r\n                                                            <div style=\"font-size:10px;text-align:center;color:#cccccc;\">Advertisement<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.accessbankplc.com\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"auto\" max-width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Banner-1.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n                                                                        \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;line-height:22.5pt;background:white;margin:0 0 7.5pt;\"><span style=\"background:white;\">Meanwhile jubilation has continued across the state for a peaceful election and the return of APC statewide.<\/span><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; The All Progressive Party (APC), in Sokoto State, North West Nigeria has won all the seats in the Local Government elections conducted on Saturday. 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