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SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHER SHOT DEAD IN ZAMFARA

Published

11 months ago

April 19, 2022

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Some suspected bandits armed with deadly weapons blocked Gummi-Bukkuyum highway and opened fire on the commuters plying the road.

A Senior Master at Government Day Secondary School Gummi Malam Tukur Kurma Gummi was shot dead during the operation.

A source who spoke to Thunder Blowers said the late Secondary School teacher was travelling back to Gummi from Gusau when they ran into the bandits camp along the Tashar Taya, Danzaure Axis of Anka-Dakitwakwas-Gummi road.

He said when they stopped their car and the driver refused to stop they opened fire on the vehicle which resulted in his instant death.

“He was together with one Malam Garba Danyadi and Sani pharmacy when the incident happened, and he was sitting on the back seat when the bullet was shot at him by the bandits.

On those other commuters likely to be attacked, the source said their car was behind that of the late school teacher, but he cannot explain the real condition of those vehicles behind them.

“The dead body of the late teacher was domiciled at the mortuary of the General Hospital Gummi while his funeral prayer was slated for 8:30am on Wednesday.

Late Tukur Gummi was a graduate of the Department of History Usman Danfodio University Sokoto and currently a Senior Master in History at Government Day Secondary School Gummi.

It could be recalled that, some suspected bandits took over -Anka-Mayanchi-Gummi highway one Friday for over eight hours before security operatives were able to clear the road for the commutters.

Three days back another group of bandits invaded Masamar Mudi in same Bukkuyum local government area killed four people and injured several others.

Effort to speak to the police spokesperson SP Shehu Muhammad as at the time of filing this report was not successful.

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FMR. ZAMFARA SPEAKER SCORES (229) TO DELIVERS POLING

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2 days ago

March 18, 2023

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Former Speaker of Zamfara House of Assembly Sanusi Garba Rikiji of the APC has scored a total of (229) votes to defeat the PDP who polls (61) votes only.

His poling unit is Rumfar Galadima (013) in Gusau the capital city of Zamfara State.

As for the result of the state house of assembly in his poling units, APC scored a total of (232) to defeat the PDP who polls (51) votes.

Rikiji is currently the house of reps candidate for Gusau and Tsafe in the 2023 election, whose election was declared inclusive by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

He is contesting the seat together with the serving members Kabiru Amadu Mai Palace, who is from the opposition PDP.

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CHAIR ZBIRS, WORKS COMMISSIONER, DELIVERS POLING UNITS

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2 days ago

March 18, 2023

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The Chairman of Zamfara State Board of Internal Revenue Service, Ali Akilu Dama Bungudu has also delivered his poling unit.

His party the APC scored a total (173) to defeat the PDP who scored (111) votes.

Similar votes were also recorded for both political parties at the level of State assembly elections.

Similarly, Zamfara State Commissioner for Works Rabiu Garba Gusau has delivered his poling units with a wide margin to defeat the PDP.

APC scored (96) votes to defeat the opposition People’s Democratic Party, which scored (16) votes for both the Governorship election and state assembly for Gusau (1) at his poling unit.

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SHA’AYAU S. PAWA MAFARA SCORES (502) VOTES TO DEFEAT PDP WITH ZERO VOTE.

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2 days ago

March 18, 2023

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A political ally of former Governor Yari Sha’ayau Yusuf S. Paws has defeated PDP in his Township Primary school poling unit in Talatar Marafa local government area of Zamfara State.

According to an official result sheet, the politician who is a member of All Progressives Congress (APC) scored (502) votes to defeat the PDP who scored (0) votes.

The politician has made history since 2015 by maintaining the only poling units which opposition party has never won a single vote during election.

He repeated the same history during the 2023 Presidential and national assembly elections conducted three weeks back, when PDP failed to score a single vote.