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DOCTRINE OF SELF DEFENSE: ZAMFARA CIVIL SOCIETY COALITION BACKS GOV. MATAWALLE

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Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara state has advocated for the extension of retirement age of Army, Police and other security officers to 70 years.

Speaking in Maradun town, his country home when he received coalition of civil society organizations who conducted a peaceful rally in support of the recent security measures of the Governor on residents bearing arms.

 

Matawalle asserted that, the federal government can extend the retirement of medical doctors, University lecturers and Judges why not security officers.

He stressed that majority of the army and police were retiring at a point they can perform better.

“The federal government need to look at the age of retirement for army, police and other security officers with a view to extend it to 70 years like those in judiciary, academics and medical line”, he added.

He lamented that, series of measures were adopted by his administration in order to end the act of banditry but all in vain.

“We started dialogue with the bandits, we closed markets and sales of petroleum and also, shutdown telecoms networks but never work,”, he said.

Therefore, as state Governor who have absolute control of the army, police and other security agents what would remain as an option was to ask residents to take arms to defend themselves against bandits.

Earlier on, leader of the coalition of civil society organizations in the state Adamu Kwatarkwashi said the coalition were in Maradun town, the country home of the Governor to express their support for the new security measures introduced by the state government.

“We are solidly behind the security measures you have introduced recently, as the killing of people in Zamfara has reached it’s climax and we can no longer keep silent untill the problem is addressed”, he added.

Kwatarkwashi, however said for several years the federal government has failed to take appropriate measures to end the killings in Zamfara state and other state in the North West.

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FMR. ZAMFARA SPEAKER SCORES (229) TO DELIVERS POLING

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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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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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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.

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