2007 Sokoto State gubernatorial election

{{short description|2007 gubernatorial election in Sokoto State, Nigeria}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2021}}

{{Infobox election

| election_name = 2007 Sokoto State gubernatorial election

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| type = presidential

| ongoing = no

| previous_election = 2003 Sokoto State gubernatorial election

| previous_year = 2003

| next_election = 2008 Sokoto State gubernatorial by-election

| next_year = 2008

| election_date = April 14, 2007

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| nominee1 = Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko

| running_mate1 = Muktar Shagari

| party1 = People's Democratic Party (Nigeria)

| popular_vote1 = 392,258

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| nominee2 = Muhammed Dingyadi

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| party2 = DPP

| popular_vote2 = 296,419

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| title = Governor

| before_election = Attahiru Bafarawa

| before_party = All Nigeria Peoples Party

| after_election = Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko

| after_party = People's Democratic Party (Nigeria)

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The 2007 Sokoto State gubernatorial election occurred on April 14, 2007. PDP candidate Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko won the election, defeating DPP Muhammed Dingyadi and 8 other candidates.{{Cite journal|last=Omotola|first=J. Shola|date=2009|title='Garrison' Democracy in Nigeria: The 2007 General Elections and the Prospects of Democratic Consolidation|publisher=Routledge|journal=Commonwealth & Comparative Politics|language=en|volume=47|issue=2|pages=194–220|doi=10.1080/14662040902857800|issn=1466-2043}}{{cite journal|date=July 2007|title=Briefing: Nigeria's 2007 General Elections: Democracy in Retreat|publisher=Oxford University Press|journal=African Affairs|volume=106|number=424|pages=497–506|jstor=4496465}}{{Cite web|title=Federal Republic of Nigeria State and National Elections April 14 and 21, 2007|url=https://www.iri.org/sites/default/files/fields/field_files_attached/resource/nigerias_2007_state_and_national_elections.pdf|url-status=live|website=iri.org|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150919212210/http://www.iri.org/sites/default/files/fields/field_files_attached/resource/nigerias_2007_state_and_national_elections.pdf |archive-date=September 19, 2015 }}{{Cite web|title=Journal of African Elections Special Issue: Nigeria's 2007 General Elections|url=https://www.eisa.org/pdf/JAE6.2.pdf|url-status=live|website=eisa.org|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201220163715/https://www.eisa.org/pdf/JAE6.2.pdf |archive-date=December 20, 2020 }}{{Cite web|title=Nigeria's 2007 General Elections and Succession Crisis: Implications for the Nascent Democracy|url=https://www.eisa.org/pdf/JAE6.2Ojo3.pdf}}{{Cite web|title=2007 Nigerian National Elections Pre-Election Assessment Final Report|url=https://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/africa/NG/nigeria-national-pre-election-assessment-iri-2007|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210415221547/https://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/africa/NG/nigeria-national-pre-election-assessment-iri-2007 |archive-date=April 15, 2021 }}{{Cite web|title=NIGERIA'S ELECTIONS: AVOIDING A POLITICAL CRISIS Africa Report No 123 – 28 March 2007|url=https://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/6E8318BAFE4239FA852572AC0051A404-Full_Report.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210415221600/https://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/6E8318BAFE4239FA852572AC0051A404-Full_Report.pdf |archive-date=April 15, 2021 }}{{Cite web|title=A NIGERIAN PERSPECTIVE ON THE 2007 PRESIDENTIAL AND PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS|url=https://www.ifes.org/sites/default/files/a_nigerian_perspective_on_the_2007_presidential_and_parliamentary_elections_2.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171203022708/http://www.ifes.org/sites/default/files/a_nigerian_perspective_on_the_2007_presidential_and_parliamentary_elections_2.pdf |archive-date=December 3, 2017 }}{{Cite web|title=NIGERIA:FAILED ELECTIONS, FAILING STATE?Africa Report No 126 - 30 May 2007|url=https://www.refworld.org/pdfid/465e88892.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220124082334/https://www.refworld.org/pdfid/465e88892.pdf |archive-date=January 24, 2022 }}{{Cite web|title=Who Speaks for the North? Politics and Influence in Northern Nigeria|url=https://www.chathamhouse.org/sites/default/files/field/field_document/20140703NorthernNigeriaHoffmann.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191025175216/https://www.chathamhouse.org/sites/default/files/field/field_document/20140703NorthernNigeriaHoffmann.pdf |archive-date=October 25, 2019 }}{{Cite web|last=Refugees|first=United Nations High Commissioner for|title=Refworld {{!}} Renewed Crackdown on Freedom of Expression|url=https://www.refworld.org/docid/3fe47e9a4.html|website=Refworld|language=en}}