2023 Sokoto State gubernatorial election

The 2023 Sokoto State gubernatorial election was held on 18 March 2023, to elect the Governor of Sokoto State, concurrent with elections to the Sokoto State House of Assembly as well as twenty-seven other gubernatorial elections and elections to all other state houses of assembly. The election — which was postponed from its original 11 March date — was held three weeks after the presidential election and National Assembly elections. Incumbent PDP Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal was term-limited and could not seek re-election to a third term. Former Deputy Governor Ahmad Aliyu gained the office for the APC by a margin of ~6% over the PDP nominee — former Secretary to the State Government Saidu Umar.

Party primaries were scheduled for between 4 April and 9 June 2022 with the Peoples Democratic Party nominating Umar on 25 May while the All Progressives Congress nominated Aliyu on 26 May.

On 19 March, INEC declared Aliyu as the victor with official totals showing him winning about 454,000 votes (~52% of the vote) to defeat Umar with about 405,000 votes (~47% of the vote). Due to alleged irregularities, Umar rejected the results and filed a challenge at the electoral tribunal. The legal case eventually reached the Supreme Court, which upheld the election of Aliyu in a January 2024 judgment.