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I WAS DRIVING BEHIND THE TWO HILUX VANS THAT CONVEYS THE CORPSES OF THE MILITARY OPERATIVES KILLS BY BANDITS IN ZAMFARA: CEO OF THUNDER BLOWERS

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The managing Editor and Chief Executive officer of Thunder Blowers Dr. Anas Sani Anka has given a first-hand account of how the soldiers killed by suspected bandits along Kucheri and Wanzamai were conveyed expectedly to Faskari military super camp.

The CEO who was driving to Kaduna at around 5:00pm on Wednesday said two military HILUX VANS conveying the corpses of the slain soldiers overtook him along Gidan Giye in Tsafe local government area with armed military soldiers firing shots in the air.

He said he followed them closely to ascertain what happened up to the time when they reached Yankara town, the border separating Zamfara and Katsina states.

He added that on arrival at Yankara the military vehicles headed toward Faskari and some persons at Faskari informed him that the soldiers lost their lives during operation.

Anka said it was same location where the last incident that cut of with him occurred, and it was around same time.

He said while in Yankara many people sympathized with the operatives of the military over the casualties they have recorded.

He called on the state government to take new measures in securing the Yankara-Gusau road as residents said the bandits certainly turned that road to an operational field.

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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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