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As Nigerians prepare for one of the country’s most decisive elections since 1999 to pick their president and federal lawmakers, Senator Sa’idu Ahmed Alkali, the lawmaker representing Gombe north under the All Progressives Congress (APC) has devised a new votes-buying technique to secure his re-election bid. Vote buying has been part of Nigeria’s electoral history, especially since the return of democracy in 1999. But it has assumed a more glaring dimension in recent elections.
Triacta Nigeria Ltd, a private construction company, is building infrastructure in Bauchi State giving it an outstanding look. Meanwhile, sadly, residents of Birshin Fulani community are also paying the price. Muhammad-Annur Saeed was six months old when an explosive from the Triacta quarrying site disrupted his sleep. “He woke up crying profusely,” his mother said. The vibration that trailed the explosion seized his voice.
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Others were said to have sustained injuries and were declared missing.
The Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, in a statement, alleged that the attacks were a reprisal following the Thursday attack on Gora Gan in Zangon Kataf local government area resulting in the loss of seven lives and the burning of 13 houses and two shops.
The statement explained that the information regarding the attacks in Kauru and Lere local government areas were passed on to the government by the military and the police.
It explained that aggrieved youths carried out the attacks as a result of the killing of seven persons at Zangon Kataf.