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VIGILANTE LEADER, TWO OTHERS KILL BY BANDITS IN ZAMFARA

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8 months ago

August 3, 2022

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Suspected bandits riding on motorcycles invaded Gidan Adi village in Dankurmi community of Maru local government area of Zamfara state.

One of the popular vigilante leaders Alh Sule Gidan Adi and some of his group members were among those killed by the bandits during the attack.

A source said, they have also rustled large bulls of cow at the near by village of Gidan sitti village.

“The vigilante leader is a strong person and the bandits fear him, but this time around they came in large number and succeeded in killing him and two other members of his team”.

They have recklessly molested people and moved away with every valuable property they have found”.

The source added “we have called for reinforcement of the security agencies and so unfortunate for our situation military jet came to our village while the operation was ongoing but could not do anything to assist us, this is how the military continue roaming the sky of our villages and left without torching any of the bandits”.

Asked what was the condition of things since after the Sunday attack, the source added that “people were becoming jittery of the whole thing and majority are planning to move to safer places”.

Zamfara police spokesperson SP Shehu 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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5 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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5 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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5 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.