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MEET ZAMFARA ABANDON GOVT ESTATE WHERE CASES OF MURDER AND BRUTALITY AGAINST HUMANITY ARE RECORDED

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© Residents laments increasing spates of criminal activities within the embattled estate.

©Zamfara housing ministry said it has reached out to the contractor.

©Police promises security survilannce within Saminaka area.

The attention of this medium had been drawn to the recent development at TSAUNI area of Gusau the Zamfara State capital on how some miscreant elements have converted a non completed government estate to a human abattoir.

The estate in question was the one started by former Governor Abdul Aziz Yari Abubakar and abandoned uncompleted.

According to a source, it was a multi-billion naira project started by the former Governor as part of his passion to cushion the hardship of housing deficit as well contribute to housing revolution.

According to some sources, the quarters which was to be completed at the first tenure of former Governor Abdul Aziz Yari 2011-2015 could not be completed although all materials required for the project to be completed were provided.

He said when Matawalle administration came on board effort were made to ensure that the estate was fixed to use but at a point, the job could not proceed further again, and instead it was abandoned.

He lamented that, despite huge amount of money government invested from the scratch of the project to its present status, the job is becoming wasted since the structure is depreciating day by day.

THE PUBLIC FEAR ABOUT THE ABANDONED PROJECT

The residents of the area are raising concern that since the project was abandoned, some miscreants have taken advantage of its exclusivity to turn it to a hideout for smoking and drinking of toxic substances.

They also said the consequences of the miss use of that place resulted to people facing multiple number of threats from these miscreants, hence residents no longer feel safe passing through that abandoned estate even on the broad-day light.

“The circumstance is even more scary at night as the suspicious movement of these miscreants scared residents for fear of them breaking into the houses of the people for robbery or kidnapping” a source added.

A source who is a resident of the area told this medium that there were recorded cases of murder involving the miscreants hiding in that estate, as more than five people were allegedly murdered by the miscreants using that place as their hideouts.

They lamented further that, their children have been facing serious threat from these miscreants who have been using every slightest opportunity to kill or rape women and minors.

They said they have made several attempts to speak to the authorities to come to their aides and make the place secured, noting that the development is making people to become much more scared.

Alh Lawal is a resident of the area he said, “just last week a staff of the state internal revenue was abducted by some gunmen very close to the estate and because of the complex nature of that place, not many people were willing to come out and offer a rescue mission for the victim”.

 

ANOTHER ESTATE STARTED BY BARDEN GUSAU IS CONSTITUTING EMINENT DANGER TO THE RESIDENTS OF THE AREA.

Not per distance from the same estate, residents said another estate which was started by Shehu Isah Barden Gusau but also abandoned had constituted similar threat to the security and safety of the people of the area.

A source Abdulmajid Muhammad said, “while residents of the area are developing palpable fear over the abandoned estate discussed earlier, other sets of miscreants are taking advantage of another abandoned estate situated very closer to the other one to be demonstrating some immoral behaviors.

The estate is said to be started by a contractor one Shehu Isah Barden Gusau but noted that they could not establish the status of the place that is whether if the estate is still in the hand of Barden Gusau or he had handed it over to the owners.

They argued that recently the residents had begun to see element of miscreants taking that abandoned property over; hence people have been warned from accessing that place anymore for their safety.

They said it is important for the government to either take the property over from the developer and develop it to finishing, or in alternative disposed it out to interested bidders to owned and develop.

ZAMFARA HOUSING MINISTRY SAID IT HAS REACHES OUT TO THE CONTRACTOR

The Zamfara state Commissioner for housing and town planning Alh Mukhtar Muhammad Darma has told the Managing Editor of this medium that the Ministry had last week reached out to the contractor Sahabi Liman Dan Masanin Kaura concerning the status of the estate.

The commissioner said, they have written to Alh Sahabi Liman and gave him two options of either mobilizing back to the site to complete the project or else the Ministry will make appropriate valuation and demand for refund of the money paid to him.

He said in their letter they have made their point-blank and clear that if the contractor has refused to continue or make the appropriate refund to the state government coffers they will drag him to court.

He said the steps taken were in clear consultation with the state Governor and he as the Commissioner had personally visited the estate and see things for himself.

POLICE WILL MAKE INQUIRIES AND TAKE APPROPRIATE STEPS TO ENSURE SAFETY OF THE RESIDENTS OF THE AREA

Zamfara police Spokesperson SP Shehu Muhammad has declared that, the state police command has not received formal complaint from the residents of Tsauni area but noted that, it will, however, make inquiries and take appropriate steps.

Shehu said police would be sent on surveillance to monitor the area and arrest any miscreant that is capable of causing breakdown of law and order.

He assured the residents of the area that, police will always be on the ground to ensure that security is beefed up around the area.

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SUPPORTING SEN. AKPABIO: YARIMAN BAKURA HAS DEMONSTRATED HIS UNENDING CONSPIRACY AGAINST THE NORTH

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The Chairman of the APC Defense Coalition, Dr. Suleiman Shuaibu Sarki Shanun Shinkafi had lambasted Sen. Ahmad Sani Yariman Bakura the former Governor of Zamfara state for allegedly backing Senator Gods will Akpabio’s candidature of becoming the Senate President of the 10th National Assembly.

He said the action of Senator Yarima is a clear demonstration of his unending conspiracy against the North and the people of Northern Nigeria by extension.

Sarkin Shanu in a statement issued in Abuja on Thursday insisted that it will be an act of conspiracy and mischief for the Zamfara former Governor, Ahmad Sani Yarima to back a southern candidate for the post of Senate President when he already has someone from Zamfara and a fellow Northerner who is buying for the same position.

He noted that the action of Senator Ahmad Yarima is a clear impression that he is an enemy of the North and the people of Northern Nigeria by extension, adding that Northerners need to be awakened and rise to the occasion before people like Yariman Bakura nail the region down for personal self enrichment.

“Yariman Bakura has demonstrated his strong and extreme disregard for the Northern Nigerian by supporting Sen. Godswill Akpabio as against the candidature of the former Governor of Zamfara Abdulaziz Yari Abubakar, and we are ready to fight him to finishing for working against the interest of the North”.

“The North West in particular has produces over 50% of the votes that produces Sen. Bola Ahmad Tinubu as the President during the 2023 election and now that our own from the region is contesting for the post of Senate President we have no option than to stand firmly behind him and enemies of the North like Yariman Bakura will fail woefully when the time comes”.

“Yariman Bakura has never hidden his personal enmity for the progress of Sen. Abdulaziz Yari and this can be demonstrated since what happened in the 2019 political race and now in the 2023 election when he worked openly against the success of the APC in Zamfara state” the statement added.

“It is shameful of Sen. Yarima to show his political solidarity to Godswill Akpabio in the open world and his action is a clear demonstration that he has declared war against the North and Northern Nigeria and by the special will of Allah Yarima he will be humiliated for working against the North” the statement added.

“We implore Sen. Yari to remain firm and focus and continue to mobilize strongly for his candidature for the Senate President, and we assure him he will emerge victorious looking at the dynamics of the way things are going, the APC zoning arrangement will surely fail”.

“For record, the President-elect is from the South, the Chief Justice of the federation who is the head of the judicial arm is also from the South, so there is no way the North will allow the seat of the Senate President who is the head of the legislative arm to shift to the South again”. The statement added.

He called on Senator Yarima to have the fear of God and leave Senator Yari alone, noting that God almighty has already made Yari the political hero of the current generation.

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YARI REMAINS MY CANDIDATE FOR THE OFFICE OF THE SENATE PRESIDENT: SEN. SEN. SUMAILA

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A Kano Senator-elect under the platform of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) Kawu Sumaila has declared to that APC zoning arrangement was an insult to the Nigerian parliament.

Sen. Kawu Sumaila who stated this on the National Television insisted that, former Governor of Zamfara and senator elect Abdulaziz Yari remain his candidate for the office of the Senate President of the 10th National Assembly.

He stated that, the National Assembly, as an independent arm of the government, should be free from the control of the executive.

“It is an insult for the APC to dictate to me where I will go in the choosing the presiding officers”.

He added that the majority of the lawmakers-elect were already discussing working against the zoning arrangements announced by the APC.

He urged Tinubu not to allow political sycophants to dictate the fortune of things for him.

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IMPOSIITION OF LEADERSHIP ON MEMBERS OF NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DANGEROUS TO NIGERIA’S DEMOCRACY: CISLAC

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The Executive Director Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Center Awal Musa Rafsanjani has described the APC zoning arrangements as announced as an attempt to pocket the 10th National Assembly.

Rafsanjani who stated this in an interview insisted that the culture of imposition of leadership on the national assembly has grave danger to the nation’s Democratic process.

Rafsanjani stated “some people endorsed by the party for leadership have corruption allegation against them, having them as presiding officers in the legislatures will neutralize anti-graft fights and will further erode the public image of the parliament.

“What the President-elect and the APC have done is to completely pocket the legislatures and make them not only rubber stamp parliament but also an extension of the presidency” .

While affirming that CISLAC supported equitable zoning of national assembly leadership seats , it condemned the imposition of individuals on the lawmakers.

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