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ARMED BANDITS FORCED RESIDENTS OF OVER TEN ZAMFARA COMMUNITIES OUT OF THEIR HOMES

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Over ten communities under Zurmi local government area of Zamfara State have been invaded and ransacked by suspected gunmen within the last one week.

The villages affected included, Yanbuki, Bindin, Kadamutsa, Gidan Zago, Marmaro, Dada, Maduba, Kacha, Huhu, Dangasamu, Hushin Dusti.

Report says residents of these communities have been forced out of their homes as they fled and take refuge at safer areas within and outside the local government area of Zurmi.

A source who does not want to be named told BBC Hausa service that residents of all the villages mentioned have already fled their homes and move to safer places like, Kaura Namoda, Zurmi and Gusau the state capital.

He added that, over forty people have been abducted by the bandits since last Sunday noting that the bandits have threatened to either killed or kidnapped anyone found in these villages.

On the security measures claimed to have been taken by the government, the source said, “the bandits move around freely within these villages and threatened people and with their brutality people decided to fled because there are no security operatives to defend them.

Zamfara Police command public relations officer SP Shehu Muhammad confirmed that armed police men have been deployed by the police Commissioner to continue with the patrol and surveillance of the affected areas.

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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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