Tambuwal, a two-term former governor of Sokoto State, was declared the winner of the election with a total number of 100,860 votes cast.
His closest rival Abdullahi Danbaba of the All Progressives Congress (APC), who scored 95,884 votes, had filed a petition challenging the victory of Tambuwal praying that the Tribunal declare the election inconclusive for not complying substantially with the provisions of the Electoral Act.
The APC candidate also prayed the Tribunal to order a re-election in 28 polling units where he claimed election did not hold during the February and April substantive and supplementary polls.
In a unanimous judgment, the Tribunal, dismissed the petition for lacking in merit. It held that the petitioner presented documents and evidences that are not reliable.
The Tribunal also awarded the cost of N200,000 each in favour of the first and second respondents (the PDP and Tambuwal).