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ZAMFARA BANDITS SUFFER HEAVY CASUALTIES AS MILITARY CLEARS MAYANCHI-ANKA ROAD

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8 months ago

August 3, 2022

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There were palpable fear among the residents of Anka and Jangebe when some group of gunmen suspected to be armed bandits blocked the popular Mayanchi-Anka road at around 4:00pm on Tuesday.

According to an eyewitness, the suspected bandits were passing through their cattle route around Yar Gezoji when they decided to block the road and attempted to perfect abduction of passengers plying the road.

The eyewitness who does not want to be named said, from 4:00pm to 7:00pm the bandits refused to release the road until after the army came with strong force to fight them head-on.

He said it took the military up to an hour, exchanging fire with the bandits before the road was cleared for the commuters.

He said based on the information they have received in Anka the bandits suffered heavy casualties before the road was later cleared.

Effort to speak to the police spokesperson in Zamfara SP Shehu Muhammad was not successful 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.