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The Spokesperson of the command, ASP Sunusi Abubakar, who confirmed the attack to the News Agency of Nigeria in Sokoto, said the attack occurred on Friday evening.

Chairman of PDP Governors Forum, Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State, disclosed this on Wednesday night while briefing newsmen after the forum’s meeting held in Abuja.

NAFDAC Coordinator in Sokoto State, Malam Garba Adamu, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Wednesday in Sokoto.

The state chairman of the party, Alhaji Isa Achida, made the commendation in a statement he issued in Sokoto on Sunday evening.

Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State and Chairman, PDP Governors Forum, disclosed this while briefing newsmen on the resolutions of the caucus meeting on Friday in Abuja.

The Director-General, PDP Governors’ Forum, Hon. C.I.D Maduabum, disclosed this in a statement he issued in Abuja on Wednesday.

Tambuwal stated this while delivering a lecture, entitled: “Security Challenges in Nigeria and its implications for sustainable development,” at the 63rd birthday lecture in honour of renowned journalist, lawyer and Rights activist, Richard Akinnola in Lagos on Monday.

The NSCDC Commandant in the Sokoto State, Saleh Dada, disclosed this to newsmen on Monday in Sokoto.

The promise is coming six months after fire gutted part of the market in February, destroying hundreds of stalls, shops and multi-million assorted wares.

The commissioner said in a statement that the incident occurred on Monday in Danzanke village of Bargaja ward of Isa Local Government Area of Sokoto State.

The meeting was called following the resignation of seven national deputy officers of the party, who accused the PDP National Chairman, Uche Secondus, of incompetence in handling the party’s affairs.

The first scheme of the registration would be in Anambra, Osun, Ekiti, Edo, Adamawa and Sokoto states among others.

The forum made the call in a statement by its Chairman and Governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Tambuwal, in Abuja.

This is in fulfillment of the resolve of the Commandant General of the service, Ahmed Audi in having zero tolerance for all forms of criminal behaviour in the society,

Tambuwal who spoke on Tuesday in a statewide broadcast in Sokoto said the Eid-el-Kabir period remains a season that symbolises sacrifice.

Tambuwal made his position known in a statement on Thursday, hours after the decision of the Senate.

Hajiya Sadiya Umar-Farouq, the Minster of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, gave the assurance at the inauguration of stakeholders’ engagement and scaling up of the programme on Friday in Sokoto.

The convicts were convicted for collecting the money to facilitate recruitment into NSCDC.

Tambuwal made the call in Sokoto when the Acting Canadian High Commissioner to Nigeria, Nicolas Simard, who was on a working visit, led other officials to pay a courtesy visit to him.

This was contained in statement on Thursday by Sunday Abutu, the command’s Public Relations Officer.