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FREED VICTIM OF KADUNA TRAIN ATTACK KILLED BY BANDITS IN ZAMFARA

Published

6 months ago

October 9, 2022

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One of the freed victims of Kaduna Train Attack who hailed from Kebbi state has been killed by some suspected armed bandits along Funtua-Zamfara Highway.

This was made known by one of the YPP candidates for Federal House of Representatives Imran Muhammad Tsafe when he featured in a TV Show programme of Thunder Blowers on Sunday.

He told the Managing Editor that after about six months in captivity, the victim was eventually killed by some heartless bandits in Zamfara.

“The victim was travelling together with his relations after his eventual release from captivity but he was not lucky to reach home (Birnin Kebbi) before their vehicle was eventually attacked by some suspected bandits. He was shot on the head and on arrival at the General Hospital Tsafe the victim gave off the ghost”.

“His dead body was brought to Tsafe General Hospital after been shot on his head and after several efforts by the medical team, the victim could not survive the gunshots and he eventually died”

He further, said one of the relations that accompanied the Freed victim of the Kaduna train attack was again abducted by the bandits and taken to an unknown destination.

According to Malam Imran, the relations of the victims who came from Kebbi to evacuate the body of the victim could not proceed to Tsafe to pick his dead body and instead hired a commercial vehicle to get the corps moved to Lalan Round About in Gusau for onward movement to Kebbi state.

He called on the government to rise to the occasion and stop the brutal killings which he described as worrisome and gruesome noting that people of Zamfara and indeed innocent commuters plying Gusau-Zaria Highway are tired of the development in relations to insecurity in the state.

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FMR. ZAMFARA SPEAKER SCORES (229) TO DELIVERS POLING

Published

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

Published

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.

Published

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.