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GUNMEN KILLS ONE AND INJURED (3) OTHERS IN ZAMFARA COMMUNITY

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10 months ago

June 13, 2022

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Some suspected gunmen attacked four local farmers at Yandoto town in Zamfaar state killed one person and injured three others.

The attack was launched at around 7:30am on Monday while the farmers were at their farms and the bandits reportedly shot at the victims sporadically.

Though they were unable to enter the Yandoto town as planned due to the presence of local security operatives popularly known as “Yan-Sakai” they fired at anyone sighted at his farm.

A source who spoke to this medium in confidence stated that six months backs, the same group of bandits had enforced a levy of N14,000,000 naira to some Yandoto indigenes arrested, and the money was paid to secure their release.

He added that less than a month now, they have sent a message of another levy of N14,000,000 to the people of the community, but they resisted ot outrightly.

He said they have made several attempts to invade Yandoto town, but the local vigilante operatives repel those attempts.

According to a source, the injured victims are currently receiving treatment at the General Hospitals Tsafe in Zamfara state.

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FMR. ZAMFARA SPEAKER SCORES (229) TO DELIVERS POLING

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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

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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.

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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.