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ZAMFARA PDP SUPPORTERS ALLEGEDLY GUNS FOURTEEN PERSONS KILLED ONE OTHER IN A POLITICAL CLASH

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A political clash between people believed to be operatives of Anti-thuggery Marshals and supporters of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Zamfara had resulted to killing of one person.

Fourteen others who sustained gunshots had been badly wounded and hospitalized at the Yariman Bakura Specialist Hospital, Gusau.

According to an eyewitness the Anti-Thuggery marshals who are creations of an executive order No(2) of the state government moved to stopped a political gathering organized by the PDP gubernatorial candidate Dr. Dauda Lawal Dare when his armed thugs allegedly opened fire on them randomly.

He said the attacked resulted in the killing of one of the marshals, while fourteen others sustained various degrees of injury.

According to the Chairman of the Committee on Anti-Thuggery Bello Bakyasuwa Maradun “the Marshals were on their lawful duty and because the gubernatorial candidates of the PDP has hired armed thugs they went with peaceful mind to ask them to drop their arms in order not to threaten civilians going around their business”.

“The Governor had announced the release of an executive order which was made after an emergency security meeting banning political rallies, and it was surprising that, the PDP gubernatorial candidate went ahead in breach of that executive order and mobilized a political rally that caused the lives of one of our marshals”.

“You are a witness to what happened yesterday when he blocked innocent travelers from moving on Gusau-Funtua highway and his action was widely condemned by every well-meaning citizen of Zamfara”.

Bakyasuwa said, “we have notified the Police Commissioner and all the relevant security agencies on the sad development and as a government, we are not going to allow someone to step over government decision, and we shall await the action of the security forces”.

It could be recalled that former Governor Abdulaziz Yari Abubakar stepped down his scheduled political rally after he was notified of the security council resolution banning political gathering in the state.

Similarly, Sen. Kabiru Garba Marafa had also suspended his political programs scheduled for Saturday in strict compliance with the resolution of the security council.

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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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