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ELECTION COMMENCES IN ZAMFARA STATE

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Presidential and National Assembly elections had since started in Zamfara with thousands of voters queuing ennarss to cast their votes.

Voting had commenced in most parts of Gusau the capital city, while in some poling units within the capital voters are patiently waiting for the arrival of the election materials as well as INEC officials.

In Zurmi and Bakura local governments, voting has since commenced in many poling units, especially within the council headquarters.

In Gummi, Anka, Bukkuyum and Tsafe, voting is yet to start but election materials as well as INEC officials have started arriving in the poling units.

In Maru, Maradun, Kaura and Talatar Mafara voting had also commenced in some few numbers of poling units while others had voters already queued waiting for INEC to commence voting.

The Security arrangement made especially in the capital city and local government headquarters is described as a perfect one.

In every entry of the capital city, military, police, operatives of the NSCDC as well as other sister security agencies are manning the check points officially mounted for the purpose of elections.

No record of security incident is so far recorded as elections had started peacefully across the state.

Governor Bello Matawalle and other prominent political actors in the state, including former Governors, are yet to cast their votes.

 

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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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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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