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SIX PERSONS ABDUCTED IN ZAMFARA COMMUNITY EVEN AS POLICE RESCUE (14) OTHERS AFTER SPENDING (68) DAYS IN CAPTIVITY

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About six people were abducted by some suspected bandits in Kaura Namoda local government area of Zamfara State on Saturday.

The bandits according to the source came to the town intending to abducting some identified number of individuals but when they could not succeed they went after the six people reported earlier including a woman.

Zamfara Police Spokesman SP Shehu Muhammad who confirmed the incident stated that, armed mobile police men had been deployed by the command as additional re-enforcement aimed at ensuring that the victims have been rescued.

Shehu added that despite the security challenges poised by the armed bandit activities in some part of Zamfara State, the command was able to rescue about fourteen (14) abductees from the hand of the popular bandit leader (Dogo Sule).

SP Shehu also confirmed that police had succeeded in destroying his bandit hideout located at Munhaye in Tsafe local government area of the state.

He also stated that those rescued from (Dogo Sule) had spent over (68) days in abduction and among them were (2) men and (7) women and the rest were children of small ages.

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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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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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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.

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