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BREAKING: SOKOTO DEPUTY GOV. DAN-IYA ABANDONS PDP

Published

2 months ago

February 9, 2023

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The Deputy Governor of Sokoto State Mannir Dan Iya has defected out of the PDP.

This is contained in a letter he personally signed dated 8th of February 2023 and addressed to his Chairman of Kware ward political constituency.

Detail of reasons for his defection were not made known in the letter, but the politician thanked his former party for giving him the opportunity to serve in various capacities.

It could be recalled that, Mannir Dan Iya was elected as running mate to Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal during the 2019 General elections as Governor and Deputy Governor respectively.

Before the 2019 he was commissioner ministry for local government during the first tenure of Governor Tambuwal before his deputy Ahmad Aliyu refused to join him when he Tamnuwal decided to move out of the APC and join the PDP where Mannir Daniya was single-handedly picked and elevated for the post of Deputy Governor.

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FMR. ZAMFARA SPEAKER SCORES (229) TO DELIVERS POLING

Published

1 week 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

Published

1 week 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.

Published

1 week 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.