The two major political parties in Zamfara have always been on each other's necks, leading to avoidable clashes and war of words.
Two of the affected stations are owned by the federal government while the other three are privately owned.by the information commissioner in the state, Ibrahim Dosara, Mr Matawalle ordered the immediate shutdown of the Nigerian Television Authority Gusau, Federal Radio Corporation Pride FM Gusau, Al’umma TV, Gamji FM and Gamji TV.
The state government gave no reason for its action beyond saying the stations violated government order and journalism practice. Perhaps buoyed by the INEC guideline but in an apparent disregard of the Zamfara government’s directive, the PDP candidate, Mr Dare, returned to the state from Abuja to receive thousands of supporters at a rally aired by the broadcast stations.“If you know him you would know that he hates it when someone tries to belittle him. He can take any action,” said the source who asked not to be named as he has no permission to speak to journalists.
Following the violent clashes at the event, the APC accused the PDP of inciting violence by attacking innocent residents, but the opposition party accused APC supporters of attacking its members who attended the rally.
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