The lawmaker was reportedly killed along the Sheme-Funtua Road in Katsina State.
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Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, read Gusau’s letter informing his colleagues of his action at the plenary.
Shinkafi, who was the APGA governorship candidate at the 2019 general election in Zamfara State, disclosed this at a news conference in Gusau on Tuesday.
The Chairman, Publicity Sub-committee organising ceremony and Zamfara State ZCommissioner for Information, Alhaji Ibrahim Dosara, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Gusau on Monday.
Matawalle was elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party.
Scores of motorcycle-riding gunmen called bandits earlier on Thursday through Friday invaded the villages of Kadawa, Kwata, Maduba, Ganda Samu, Saulawa and Askawa in the Zurmi district, shooting residents.
Matawalle made his position known in a statewide broadcast he made in Gusau on Saturday following renewed attacks by the hoodlums in the state.
The suspension came on the heels of Thursday’s attack on Kadawa village in the Emirate, in which more than 90 persons were allegedly killed by bandits.
The Public Relations Officer of the Command, SP Shehu Mohammed, made the confirmation to the News Agency of Nigeria in Gusau on Friday.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that on June 1, Matawalle sacked the Secretary to the State Government, Alhaji Bala Bello, and all 23 Commissioners with immediate effect.
The suspension was contained in a statement issued in Gusau by the Special Adviser to the Governor on Public Enlightenment, Media and Communications, Malam Zailani Bappa.
This was contained in a statement signed by the Special Adviser Public Enlightenment, Media and Communications, Malam Zailani Bappa.
The Commissioner for Security and Home Affairs, Alhaji Garba Dauran, made this known to newsmen in Gusau.
The state Governor, Bello Matawalle, disclosed this on Sunday night when he played host to media practitioners and executives to break the Ramadan fast at his residence in Gusau.
The beneficiaries included: Nigeria Union of Journalists; Radio, Television and Theatre Arts Workers Union; and National Association of Women Journalists.
The Governor dropped the hint Friday night when he hosted the leadership of all the 36 trade unions in the state under the umbrella of the Nigeria Labour Congress to the breaking of the Ramadan fast at his Gusau residence.
A press release signed by Yusuf Idris, the Director-General on Media to the governor, issued to newsmen in Gusau on Wednesday, said that the order was with immediate effect.
This was contained in a statement in Gusau on Wednesday by the Press Secretary to the Governor’s Wife, Zainab Abdullahi.
A government statement said workers would resume at 9 a.m. and close at 2p.m, as against the usual working hours of 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
This was contained in a statement by Yusuf Idris, the Director-General on Media to the Governor, in Gusau on Thursday.