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BANDITS BLOCK SOKOTO-ZAMFARA HIGHWAY FOR CLOSE TO FIVE HOURS

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9 months ago

June 13, 2022

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Some suspected bandits have blocked the popular Sokoto-Gusau highway for close to five hours on Monday, forcing over five hundred vehicles to stay in action for some hours before the road is cleared.

According to a source, the bandits started their operation around 6:00am and they mounted their road block in between Bimasa from Tureta to Lambar Bakura and it took the security forces hours to be able to get the road cleared for the commuters.

He also stated that, several attempts were made to force the bandits out of the highway but could not succeed until after around 11:00am.

It could be recalled another group of bandits attacked members of union of communication from Zamfara who were coming from a wedding ceremony in Tambuwal and abducted thirty persons among them.

According to our source, the road was later cleared at around 11:30am and the obstructed vehicles were allowed to move and proceed with the journey to their respective destinations.

Another source who passed through the road at around 2:00pm informed this medium that there are heavy armed security men deployed to manage the highway since it was opened around 11:00am.

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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.