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BREAKING: CHIEF IMAM & TWO OTHERS KILLED AS BANDITS INVADE ANOTHER ZAMFARA COMMUNITY

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Some suspected gunmen invaded Nasarawa ward in Bakura local government area of Zamfara state and killed three persons including a Chief Imam of the area.

The attack which was launched at around 2:00pm of (today) Thursday left behind Malam Akilu Dan Malam who doubled as the Chief Imam of the town, Danjimma Sani Ba’are and Ya’u Dan Nasarawa.

A source who confided on this medium said he and two other adhoc-staff of WHO went to the area to conduct (PAPA LQS Survey) when the bandits arrived in the village and started shooting sporadically.

He said the residents became scared and began to run for safety, but members of the organized vigilante mobilized and faced the bandits in a gun-battle.

They successfully repel the attack and the other people were killed as a result of bullet stray.

He said one person was killed on the site of the bandits as the vigilante recanted on allowing the bandits to enter the village.

The funeral prayer of the deceased was conducted in the village around 6:00pm today.

He further said two hours after the attack, military personals arrived in the village after the bandits have left.

He told this medium that they were able to reach Bakura through Raba in Sokoto state due to the fear of ambush by the bandits.

Effort to speak to the Police Spokesperson was not successful 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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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.

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