The Northern Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN) has asked that Alhassan Ado Doguwa, a member of the House of Representatives, who was detained for alleged murder, face the full force of the law.
The group made the demand after the legislator was captured and accused of funding thugs who killed innocent Kano residents during the recent elections.
Doguwa was allegedly involved in a violent clash between supporters of the New Nigeria People Party (NNPP) and the All Progressives Congress (APC) that resulted in the death of three individuals and the destruction of the opposition party’s campaign office in Kano state’s Tudun Wada Local Government Area.
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The House Majority Leader was remanded in a jail facility on Wednesday after a Kano State Magistrates’ Court ruled him guilty of culpable homicide and arson.
According to this news outlet, Doguwa was detained on Tuesday at the Malam Aminu Kano International Airport before being hauled to Court 58 of the Magistrate’s Court in the state capital’s Nomansland district on Wednesday evening.
Following the reading of the First Information Report, the magistrate, Ibrahim Yola, ordered Doguwa’s remand. Judge then postponed the hearing until March 7.
Abdullahi Kiyawa, the state police spokesperson, revealed after the verdict that the lawmaker was arrested and charged with murder.
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But, in a statement made on Thursday, NYCN national president Isah Abubakar stated that they cannot be idle when it comes to the rights, privileges, freedom, and tranquility of the North.
He said: “We must all come out in full force to put a stop to a long-time tyranny and rape of democracy demonstrated by the unscrupulous dishonourable Ado Doguwa over the years.”
According to the youth leader, records reveal that Ado Doguwa illegally mobilized thugs due to a political difference, thereby forcibly imposing himself to be declared winner in an election marked by vote buying and voter intimidation.
The statement further explained, “His (Ado Doguwa) arrest has shown the power of the law over any other power, and has also brought an end to the era of fear, intimidation and all kinds of abuses of political power.”
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The youths prayed that he (Ado Doguwa) be fully prosecuted according to the alleged crime committed.
“We shall keep vigilant on the whole prosecution to monitor how the judiciary play their role in sanitising our political system,” Abubakar said.
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