Following his appearance, on Wednesday, at a Magistrate Court in Kano, Ado Doguwa, the Majority Leader of the House of Representatives, has been remanded in the state correctional centre for an alleged conspiracy in the murder of six persons.
The six persons were said to have been killed during the collation and announcement of results at his Constituency, Tundun Wada Doguwa Federal Constituency during the February 25 presidential and National Assembly election.
The embattlled lawmaker was also said to have forced the officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC to declare him the winner of the election , at gun point.
He was later arrested and charged alongside six others, for criminal conspiracy, and culpable homicide.
Part of the chargers, according to the charge sheet, is that Doguwa caused grievous hurt, mischief by fire, and inciting disturbance.
According to report, Doguwa was involved in a violent confrontation with members of the New Nigeria People Party, NNPP, and the All Progressives Congress, APC, which led to the death of supporters of the opposition party members. Some people also received various degrees of injuries, the report said, while the campaign office of the NNPP was also burnt.
The lawmaker was arrested at the Kano International Airport on Monday, on his way to Lesser Hajj.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Haruna Kiyawa, said Doguwa was arrested in connection with a suspected case of criminal conspiracy, culpable homicide, causing grievous hurt, mischief by fire and inciting disturbance.
Kiyawa said the police arrrested the lawmaker for the alleged “gruesome murder of three persons, causing grievous injury to eight others in Tudun Wada LGA on 26/02/2023 while the collation of election results was ongoing and an alleged viral video of some victims with suspected gunshots in the Social Media.”
The police spokesman also stated that detective effected the arrest after Doguwa refused to honour it’s invitation after the incident was reported to the command.
Meanwhile those watching the ongoing trial of the controversial lawmaker, who once said his ambition in life is to become the Speaker of the House of Representatives, said his political future may be in jeopardy depending on the outcome of the case.
Magistrate Ibrahim Yola has adjourned the trial to March 7.
