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Like Governor; Zamfara assembly Speaker, Deputy lose seats to Opposition members

VOICE AIR MEDIA News Update

Speaker of Zamfara State House of Assembly, Nasiru Muazu Magarya, who is also an All Progressives Congress house of assembly candidate, has lost his Zurmi West constituency re-election bid to Bilyaminu Ismail of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

Returning officer for Zurmi Local Government Area, Muddasir Moriki, said Magarya scored 9,530 votes, while his opponent and candidate of the PDP, Ismail Muddasir scored 11,213 votes.

The Deputy Speaker of the House, Musa Bawa Yankuzo, and the Deputy Leader of the House, Nasiru Lawal Bungudu, also lost their seats to Bello Maza-Waje and Bashiru Dan-Meri of PDP respectively.

Comrade Alhassan Kanoma, Chairman of the House Committee on Basic Education also lost his seat to PDP’s Nasiru Abdullahi Maru in Maru North constituency.

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