Alhaji Ahmed Aliyu has resigned as Deputy Governor of Sokoto state.
Ahmed remained in the All Progressives Congress (APC) when Governor Aminu Tambuwal defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
He is currently the frag-bearer of the APC and likely to contest against Tambuwal, whose party, the PDP has given him automatic ticket to contest as 2019 governorship seat following his loss at the party’s Presidential primaries.
A source told Newsdiaryonline.com Aliyu submitted his letter of resignation to the State House of Assembly yesterday morning.
The letter was not read on the floor of the House at Tuesday’s sitting.
Calls put through to the media aides of Tambuwal and Aliyu for comments went unanswered.
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