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BANDITS ATTACK ZAMFARA HIGHWAY TWICE ON SATURDAY

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6 months ago

October 8, 2022

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Some suspected armed bandits armed with deadly weapons attacked Zamfara highway precisely between Tazame and’Yandoton Daji in Zamfara state.

According to an eyewitness, the bandits first blocked the main road which was few meters away from the police checkpoint in between Tazame and ‘Yandoto and opened fire on the incoming vehicles.

The source added that, “They opened fire on one of the vehicles that is driving few meters ahead of us and we have reliably gathered that two people were shot by the bandits”.

Another source said, the bandits “shot at two soldiers in the cause of an open encounter, one on the neck and another one on the leg. Motorists were forced to turn back and to a safer location around Kwatarkwashi”.

Another source said, “while the first attack took place around 2:00pm the second attack came on around 5;30pm but on same location and despite the fact that the security personnel are on that road trying to clear it for the commuters.

During the second attack another soldier was killed by the bandits.

According to another source, the same group of bandits blocked same location of the road on Friday attacked innocent commuters and killed two of them on the spot.

According to another source, the source of the recent security incidents along is connected to the arrest of the wife of one of the popular bandit’s leader Dan-Karami by the security agencies last week in Gusau.

The source believed, Dan-Karami had embarked on the recent action as a show of force against the arrest of his wife.

Police spokesperson in Zamfara SP Shehu Muhammad could not be reached for comment as at the time of filing this report.

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FMR. ZAMFARA SPEAKER SCORES (229) TO DELIVERS POLING

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5 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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5 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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5 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.