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STAFF OF FUGUS, TWO OTHERS KIDNAP BY GUNMEN AT THE OUTSKIRT OF GUSAU

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Some suspected gunmen invaded a residential estate located at Damba area of Gusau and kidnapped a non-academic staff and another student of the Federal University, Gusau.

According to sources, Kabiru Rabiu Lawal Bilbis a staff of the Information unit under office of the Vice Chancellor of Federal University Gusau as well as one other student of the University who hailed from Shagamu in Ogun state were among those abducted.

Another student studying at Maryam Abacha University, Maradi in Niger Republic but residing in the same estate with the two abductees was among those abducted.

The incident according to a source took place around 3:00am on Thursday and the bandits allegedly forced themselves into the residential estate and perfected their negative deal against the abductees.

“The student from FUGUS who hails from Shagamu in Ogun State just returned to the school on Sunday but sadly abducted by the gunmen on Thursday” a source added.

“The student as well the staff Mr Kabiru were picked by the suspected kidnappers off the campus of the University.

“When they arrived in the area (Damba) they have forcefully broken the entry doors and moved away with the abductees from their respective apartments” a source added.

“They moved with them to an unknown destination and up to this evening they do not call to place any demands”.

A source said, “they moved from apartment to apartment within the estate and luckily enough they do not met people in some apartments, but these three persons located were sadly abducted”.

Damba area has become exposed to armed bandit activities again since for almost a week now the bandits have been making some successful attempts to invade houses in the area.

For some days now, security operatives including police and military have been establishing presence along the Damba area, especially after a successful operation by the bandits last week which resulted in the killing of one person and abductions of four others.

Police spokesman in Zamfara SP Shehu Muhammad could not be reached for comment as at the time of filing this report.

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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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