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GUNMEN KILLS (19) PERSONS IN ZAMFARA

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Suspected armed bandits in their dozens invaded Kuryar Madaro town in Kaura Namoda Emirate of Zamfara State killed close to two dozen people including aged and married women.

A source who attended the funeral prayers and burial of those killed informed this medium that he had participated in the burial of (19) persons who died as a result of the attack.

He said they came to the town around 10:00pm on Tuesday armed with deadly weapons and started shooting sporadically, a circumstance that led to the catastrophe which befalls the people of the town.

He further informed this medium that, they burnt eleven vehicles and dozens of shops, while many people fled for their safety.

He added that up to the time he left Kuryar Mdaro town for Gusau late evening of Wednesday there was no presence of security personnel while people sleep in fear and grief.

The Kuryar Madaro attack came exactly one week after same bandits attacked Biyabiki community in Tsafe local government area of the state slaughtered (9) persons and abducted over sixty mostly women and children.

Zamfara State Police Spokes Person 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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