17 parties have put forward a ticket: a candidate for governor and a running mate for deputy governor.
Bello Hassan
Running mate: Aliyu Abubakar Abubakar
Accord
Abubakar Bello Dangaskiya
Running mate: Sani Bello
African Action Congress · AAC
Manir Muhammad Dan'Iya
Running mate: Isah Bello Ambarura
African Democratic Congress · ADC
Sarkin Larabawa Nasiru
Running mate: Muawuya Aliyu Hussaini
Action Democratic Party · ADP
Aliyu Ahmed Sokoto
Running mate: Mohammed Gobir Idris
All Progressives Congress · APC
Ibrahim Mansur Gada
Running mate: Bello Wadata
All Progressives Grand Alliance · APGA
Abubakar Haruna
Running mate: Hauwau Isah Bello
Allied Peoples Movement · APM
Sidi Almustapha Ahmed
Running mate: Muhd Danmowa Hajiya Luba
Action Peoples Party · APP
Haliru Abubakar Dikko
Running mate: Jamilu Adamu
Labour Party · LP
Aliyu Shamsudeen
Running mate: Ahmad Tukur Aminu
Nigeria Democratic Congress · NDC
Auwal Umar
Running mate: Shehu Muhammad Akwara
National Democratic Party · NDP
Malami Garba
Running mate: Shehu Kabiru
New Nigeria Peoples Party · NNPP
Aliyu Sulaiman
Running mate: Abdullahi Sani
National Rescue Movement · NRM
Abdullahi Sokoto
Running mate: Abubakar Muhammed Rabah Altine
Peoples Democratic Party · PDP
Mohammed Faruku Yabo
Running mate: Hamza Yusuf
Peoples Redemption Party · PRP
Shehu Ibrahim
Running mate: Ibrahim Mansur
Young Progressive Party · YPP
Mu'Azu Abdullahi
Running mate: Muhammad Habibu
Zenith Labour Party · ZLP
From INEC’s final list of governorship candidates for Sokoto, published 11 October 2026. Names as INEC prints them, surname first. A withdrawal, substitution or court order can change a ticket before polling day.
