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BANDITS INVADED ZAMFARA COMMUNITY KILLS VILLAGE HEAD & TWO OTHERS

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12 months ago

March 30, 2022

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Some suspected gunmen invaded Yargeda community in Bakura local government area of Zamfara State.

A resident who spoke to this medium said the invasion resulted in killing of three persons including the village head of the area while scores were abducted.

The source also confirmed that, about six shops were set ablaze by the bandits during the Monday operation.

In a related development, movement of some suspected bandits along Magazu area caused serious panic as some passengers playing Gusau-Zaria road raised alarm which scared many people.

Unverified social media reports went viral that Zaria-Gusau road has been attacked by bandits around 1:00pm on Monday.

But this medium independently verified that it was never an attack by bandits,, but they were crossing the main road from their camp when their movement was noticed.

The source confirmed to us that he leaves in Tsafe and based on the information they have no attack was made and that contrary to some social media reports nobody was kidnapped on Monday along Gusau-Zaria road .

Effort to speak to the police spokesperson SP Shehu Muhammad was not successful as at the time of filing report.

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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.