A Show of Shame With Intimidation: Kaura Namoda State Assembly Bye Election of Last Saturday

By: Adamu Bashir Maaji.

It is no longer a secret that the August 16th 2025 dealine for the conduct of bye elections in all the Constituencies of the Nation has come and gone. However, in Kaura Namoda State House of Assembly, Constituency of Zamfara State-Nigeria, it has left electorates and its people in a State of dilemma with many asserting that the whole exercise was conducted with intimidation by heavy security agent's, rigging and  political thugs, while vote buying carries the highlights of the exercise by Members of opposition APC in the State. 

Before the conclusion of the election on that Saturday, Political analyst and Social Media observer's had projected the outcome by taken the issue to the public space because of the open disregards to Electoral Guidelines and other abnormalities perpetrated by the APC and its agent's. Voter's were intimidated in some Pooling Unit's, Cash were used lavishly to influence voter's choice and equally thug's were used to cause unrest were the People's Democratic Party is at the advantage position. 

Besides, despite apparent rigging, the gap is below One Thousand Five Hundred 1,500 Votes and thus this is to tell the world that Zamfara State is a home of PDP with Governor Dauda Lawal as its Leader and Architect of Modern Zamfara State. Kudos to the Leader's of the ruling PDP in the State for calling for calm amidst outright provocation. Zamfara State is PDP and PDP is Zamfara State, and His Excellency Dauda Lawal is its Leader, Emancipator and Pace Setter.