INEC fixes new election in Ado Doguwa Reps Majority Leader’s constituency
On Wednesday, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) announced that there was no winner in the Kano State Doguwa/Tudun Wada Federal Constituency National Assembly election held on February 25.
The electoral body subsequently scheduled a rerun election in 13 Polling Units (PUs).
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This Online newspaper reported that Ado Doguwa, the embattled majority leader of the House of Representatives, was removed from the list of newly-elected representatives by INEC.
Doguwa was declared the winner by Professor Ibrahim Yakasai, the Returning Officer, on February 26 at the INEC office in Tudun Wada.
According to Yakasai, Doguwa received 39,732 votes to defeat Salisu Abdullahi of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), who received 34,780 votes. There were rumors at the time that Prof. Yakasai made the statement under duress.
After the February 25 election, election-related violence was reported in Doguwa’s Constituency, prompting police in Kano to arrest and charge the House Majority Leader and others with criminal conspiracy and negligent homicide. Later, he was released on bail.
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