The Federal High Court in Abuja has awarded the sum of N25
million in damages against the Kano State Government and the police for wrongly
accusing Alhaji Alhassan Ado Doguwa, of murder.
Mr. Doguwa, a representative of the Doguwa/Tudun Wada
Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, was accused of the murder
of three people believed to be members of the then-opposition New Nigerian
People’s Party (NNPP) during the February 25, 2023, general election.
Following his arraignment, Mr Doguwa, a member of the APC,
who doubles as House Committee Chairman of Downstream Petroleum, accused the
police and the Kano State Government of bias after he was arraigned as a
principal actor in the fracas.
His petition led to a review of the police investigation of
the incident by the police authorities.
The then-outgoing APC administration in the state dropped
the police investigation and exonerated him.
However, the new governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf, immediately
upon taking office, said his government would prosecute Mr. Doguwa, whom he
accused of killing over 15 people.
Mr Yusuf, a member of the NNPP, said the new administration
would reopen and pursue the case to a logical conclusion.
“In the same vein, we shall investigate all cases of
political violence that led to the loss of lives and properties across the
state in the last eight years.
“The infamous case of Alhassan Ado Doguwa, who allegedly
sponsored the maiming and murder of over 15 innocent souls in Tudun Wada Local
Government, will be pursued to its logical conclusion,” the new governor said
in his inaugural speech.
But Mr Doguwa sued the Attorney-General of the Federation,
Inspector-General of Police, the Governor of Kano State, and the
Attorney-General of Kano State over the alleged infringement of his rights to
dignity, liberty, and freedom of movement.
In a certified true copy of a judgment of the Federal High
Court dated December 5, 2023, released last week, in suit No:
FHC/ABJ/ABJ/CS/714/2019, the judge, D.U. Okorowo, cleared Mr Doguwa of the
murder allegation.
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