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BANDIT INVADES COMMUNITY UNDER KIZARA DISTRICT OF ZAMFARA STATE, ATTEMPTS TO BLOCK FUNERAL PRAYERS

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Suspected armed bandits numbering over (30) have invaded Yar-Nasarawa village under Kizara district in Tsafe local government area and killed twelve (12) persons.

Apart from stealing an estimate of (90) bags of assorted food items from the village, according to a source, the bandits had attempted to prevent the funeral prayers of those killed until when three trucks a load of armed military soldiers were deployed to the community.

A source who confided on this medium said, the incident occurred when a fulani herder went missing after he was spotted rearing cows around the affected community of Yar-Nasarawa.

The source further said, the bandits initially came to search for the missing boy but could not trace his whereabouts till after some days when his dead body was found along the bush.

He said, that may trigger the anger of the suspected Fulani bandits to mobilize and invade the community.

Another source said, they came shooting sporadically a circumstance which scared the residents to flee for their safety.

He said he attended the funeral prayers of twelve persons who were killed in the attack.

The Press Secretary of Zamfara State Governor Bello Matawalle Jamilu Iliyasu Birnin Magaji who confirmed the attack said state government has sent a powerful delegation led by State Deputy Governor Mahadi Aliyu Gusau to commiserate with the people of the area.

The State Police Command Public Relations Officer SP Shehu Muhammad on the other hand said normalcy has been restored in all the affected areas attacked by the bandits including Kizara community.

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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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