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THREE SUSPECTED GUN-RUNNERS ARRESTED IN ZAMFARA

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Zamfara state police command had announced the arrest of three suspected gun-runners who specialized in gun-running along Zamfara and Jos.

Police Public Relations Officer in the State SP Shehu Muhammad said, during the arrest an AK47 rifle and (100) round of AK47 live amunition were recovered from the suspects.

The name of the suspects are Abubakar Buda, Bitrus Bulus (Peter) and Weng Adamu.

“On the 11th October 2022 Police tactical operatives deployed along Gusau-Tsafe road acted on intelligent information that led to the interception of Gulf vehicle dark-arsh in color which was driven by one Abubakar Buda a (32) year old a native of Zuru local government area in Zamfara state”.

Shehu said one of the suspect was arrested while returning from Jos Plateau state along Kucheri where he was to deliver the arms and amunition to a notorious bandit leader called Chumo.

“On the spot search was conducted and the exhibit mentioned above were detected.

in the course of interrogation Shehu said, the suspect mentioned his collaborators to include Bitrus Bulus and Peter Weng Adamu both of them indigenes of Jos South local government in Plateau state.

The same suspect confessed that he has been supplying arms from one James in Jos now at large and deliver to the above named bandit leader.

According to SP Shehu the suspect and two others are undergoing interrogation and would soon be charge to court for prosecution.

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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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