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Tinubu at Eagle Square

Tinubu lauds people of Zamfara for ensuring his ”biggest win”

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President Bola Tinubu has lauded the people of Zamfara and members of the APC for ensuring his biggest win in the state.

Tinubu, represented by Sen. Kabiru Marafa, gave the commendation on Tuesday night in Abuja at an inauguration dinner. The dinner was organised by Marafa.

Tinubu appreciated members of his Presidential Campaign Council which was coordinated by Marafa in Zamfara.

He thanked the immediate past governor of the state, Bello Matawalle, former governor Abdulaziz Yari and other members of the APC.

“My administration will surely reward all those who showed their commitment in one way or the other for our victory,” Tinubu said.

In his address, Marafa said he organised the dinner to bring the people together to thank God and the people of Zamfara for ensuring victory for the APC in the state.

“We are still hopeful and confident in the Nigerian judiciary in the case of the governorship election which we are challenging in court.

”We have identified all those APC members who hypocritically worked against us and will take appropriate measures against them as provided by the party.

“We will continue to appeal to our president to empower our youth and women so that our state and the country in general will be better,” he said.

Marafa thanked the outgone governor Matawalle for giving him the required support to succeed as the state Coordinator of the APC PCC.

The dinner was attended by members of the state PCC, members of the Matawalle-led executive council, APC elders and the party state Chairman, Alhaji Tukur Danfulani, youth and women groups from Zamfara.

Tinubu emerged as the winner in Zamfara in the Feb. 25 Presidential election.

He polled 298,396 votes and won 12 out of 14 Local Government Areas in the state, while Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party won two. He polled 193,978 votes.

Dauda Lawal-Dare and Bello Matawalle

PDP upsets APC in Zamfara as Dauda Lawal defeats Matawalle

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The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has upset the All Progressives Congress in Zamfara state, by defeating incumbent Governor Bello Matawalle in the election.

INEC Returning Officer, Prof. Kassimu Shehu, Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Federal University, Birnin Kebbi, Kebbi State, on Tuesday in Gusau, declared Dr Dauda Lawal-Dare of the PDP winner.

Lawal, a political greenhorn, polled 377,726 valid votes from the 14 local government areas.

Matawalle fell short, winning 311,976 valid votes.

“I Prof. Kassimu Shehu of the Federal University Birnin Kebbi, Kebbi State, certify that I am INEC Returning Officer for Zamfara State.

“That Dr. Lawal Dauda of the PDP, having satisfied the requirements of the law, is declared winner and returned elected,” Shehu declared.

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Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu is a man of many traditional honours across the country, from north to south, west to east. The array of titles he has garnered was only comparable to that of Chief Moshood Abiola, winner of the 1993 Presidential election.

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