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BANDITS ABDUCTED (50) PERSONS IN KATSINA VILLAGE

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1 year ago

February 1, 2022

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Some suspected armed bandits armed with deadly weapons have invaded Ruwan Godiya village in Faskari local government area of Katsina state and abducted fifty persons, according to a resident interviewed by this medium.

The source said the bandits came with dozens of motorcycles and were well armed and started shooting sporadically.

According to him, they operated for close to two hours without being challenged by the armed soldiers who were earlier briefed of the planned attack.

“We have heard about the plan attack, and we briefed the soldiers stationed along the area, but they could not offer any response to us until the bandits perfected their heinous acts and left”.

Another source said, “some soldiers came from Sheme at a time when the bandits were moving with the abductees, but they could not repel the movement”.

According to the source, nobody was killed in the attack, but three persons were injured.

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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.