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PATIENT ABANDONED BY BANDITS DIED INSIDE TRANSIT VEHICLE IN ZAMFARA

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11 months ago

April 25, 2022

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Armed bandits stopped a car conveying a referral patient from Magami to Gusau abducted the passengers and abandoned the patient to his destiny.

As source who confided on this medium said, the patient who was on referral to Yariman Bakura Specialist Hospital, Gusau was on transit along with his relations when bandits stopped their vehicle along Magami-Dansadau road.

The source who confirmed that, the incident happened around 8:00am on Saturday said the relations and other passengers on board the vehicle were all abducted.

He said the patient who was abandoned helplessly later died inside the car.

He added that, even last week bandits blocked the same Magami-Dansadau road killed two persons on the spot and abducted all the passengers in the car.

Furthermore, he said he was among the passengers that were stopped and was given dirty slaps before he was freed to move to Magami.

He added that, hardly a day passes without having armed bandits attacking Gusau-Magami-Dansadau road.

It could be recalled that, few months back some residents along the road including vehicle drivers, had to stage a protest demanding for the government to provide adequate security to commuters plying the road.

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FMR. ZAMFARA SPEAKER SCORES (229) TO DELIVERS POLING

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2 days 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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2 days 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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2 days 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.