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ARMED BANDITS INVADED ANOTHER ZAMFARA VILLAGE, KILLED (12) PERSONS AND SET ABLAZE TWO POLICE OPERATIONAL VEHICLES

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Suspected bandits armed with deadly weapons invaded Sakajiki village in Kaura Namoda Emirate in Zamfara state and killed scores of people.

The bandits according to confided sources arrived in the town since around 9:00pm on Thursday and continued with their operation till around 4:00am on Friday.

A resident of the area confirmed to this medium that the attack left (12) persons dead while they set ablaze (19) shops and several other houses including an edifice of a police outpost in the area.

He said the bandits set ablaze (7) vehicles, including (2) police patrol van belonging to the mobile police officers deployed to the area.

Another source said the (12) persons that are confirmed dead are those whose dead bodies were brought, while search for those not seen is still ongoing.

He added that the Police mobile operatives have tried their best to repel that attack, but the bandits over-powered them.

Zamfara Police spokesperson SP Shehu Muhammad confirmed the incident, noting that if not for the response of the police operatives the casualties would have been worse than what was recorded.

He assured that the Police Commissioner has already deployed additional squad for enforcement saying police in Zamfara would redouble effort to ensure that banditry is wiped out of the state.

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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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