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GUNMEN INVADE RIJIYA COMMUNITY IN ZAMFARA, KILL SIX AND ABDUCT AN UNSPECIFIED NUMBER OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN

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Some suspected armed bandits in their multiple numbers launched a deadly attack on the people of Rijiya community in Gusau local government area of Zamfara state.

According to a source who spoke to BBC Hausa service said, the bandits who came to the town around noon on Sunday via motorcycles continue to fire shot at anyone sighted, and the attack resulted in the killing of six persons.

The source also said, the bandits have abducted women and children, whose number is yet to be ascertained as at the time of filing this report.

“They went house to house to ask for women to follow them, those that were abducted were mostly married women and children, including nursing babies. Nobody can tell you the number of women abducted because up to now, headcount of those women who have not returned is ongoing”.

The source added that, the bandits entered Rijiya town through Chafe axis and as at the time when they came to the town, majority of the people were in their farms.

“When I heard gunshots ringing on the air, I was seated at the western part of the town,, but I quickly took to my legs and hide inside one farm where guinea corn has been planted”.

On the identity of those killed the source added, “I knew almost all of them there is one Rufai, there is Sani Lawali who is a political adviser to the Governor, there is one Murtala whom they shot at the heart and two others that brought intervention but eventually killed by the bandits”.

Regarding the where about of the dead bodies of those killed the source said, “they are in the custody of the community people and would be buried by 10:00am on Monday adding that about five others who have sustained various degrees of injuries have been hospitalized and are receiving medical attention”.

Zamfara police command Spokesperson SP Shehu Muhammad could not be reached for comment 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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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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