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BANDITS AMBUSH OPERATIVES OF NIGERIAN ARMY, KILLS FIVE ALONG ZAMFARA HIGHWAY

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Some suspected gunmen allegedly killed five military soldiers along Zamfara state border with Katsina state on Wednesday.

The incident took place few meters away from Wanzamai before Kucheri town, all in Zamfara state.

Katsina Post an online news medium reported that, the military attempted to repel the bandits from attacking the communities around Wanzamai after hearing the sound of gunshots before the bandits ambushed them.

The online medium quoted a traveler saying “I was returning from Abuja along Yankara Zamfara state border town with Katsina between 2:00-3:00pm today Wednesday when we met the Zaria-Gusau highway locked up by the security agencies along Kucheri, but later we realized that, it was some bandits that ambushed a military vehicle and killed all the five soldiers inside”.

The traveller added, “because there is no GSM network, the soldiers might have been on special patrol when the bandits laid ambush, killed them and carted away their entire weapons”.

A humanitarian worker based in Zamfara Maryam Gatawa who was also travelling along the road same time when the incident happens posted in her Facebook page that, ” it was Allah’s protection that made us to spent about (30) minutes in Funtua to pray and buy some food items to eat we would have fall in the hand of bandits who conducted operation between Kucheri and Wanzamai”.

“As we arrived Wanzamai they have already abducted many people, they have exchanged fire with the army operatives and along the line they killed six (6) soldiers”

She added, “the villagers both male and females in Wanzamai were running for their lives, and they were carrying heavy loads with children crying unabated.

“This is third time I was experiencing this kind of sad incident all along Kucheri village”.

Zamfara police spokes person could not be reached for comment and no official statement was released from the military as at the time of filing this report.

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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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