{"id":103560,"date":"2023-03-09T04:58:14","date_gmt":"2023-03-09T03:58:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=103560"},"modified":"2023-03-09T04:58:14","modified_gmt":"2023-03-09T03:58:14","slug":"house-of-reps-leader-doguwa-forced-kano-rec-allegedly-under-gun-point-to-declare-him-winner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/house-of-reps-leader-doguwa-forced-kano-rec-allegedly-under-gun-point-to-declare-him-winner\/","title":{"rendered":"House of reps leader Doguwa forced Kano REC allegedly under gun point to declare him winner"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1759834691632074865\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">House of representatives leader, Alasan Ado Doguwa\u2019s name was removed by the Independent Electoral Commission INEC for forcing it\u2019s Resident Electoral Commissioner REC to declare him winner of the Tudun wada\/Doguwa federal constituency at gun point in the just concluded Presidential and National Assembly elections held last Saturday.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nDoguwa\u2019s name was missing when the list of winners who contested in the elections was released by INEC which stated in the remark session that the declaration of Doguwa as winner was made under duress.<\/p>\n<p>Doguwa contested under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) declaring him winner by the returning officer, Professor Ibrahim Adamu Yakasai with 39,732 votes while his closest rival Yushau Salisu Abdullahi who contested under the New Nigerian People\u2019s Party NNPP polled 34,798 votes.<\/p>\n<p>Law experts revealed that Section 65 of the Electoral Act, 2022, stated that: \u201cThe Commission shall have the power, within seven days, to review the declaration and return where it determines that the said declaration and return was not made voluntarily or made contrary to the provisions of the law, regulations and guidelines, and manual for the election.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A video that went viral social media shows the returning officer, Prof. Yakasai declaring the results in fear and shaky voice.<\/p>\n<p>Doguwa was arrested by the Police three days after the election and was charged to court over allegations of inciting elections violence in his constituency which resulted in the killings of about eighteen persons.<\/p>\n<p>On their part the Kano police command confirmed the killing of\u00a0 three persons and the burning of the secretariat of the NNPP in Tudun wada, was set ablaze with two persons burnt to death.<\/p>\n<p>Doguwa was charged to court on three counts bothering\u00a0 on arson, murder, unlawful possession of firearms.<\/p>\n<p>A federal high court sitting sitting in Kano however, grant the embattled Doguwa bail to the tune of N500 million, barring him from traveling out of the country and visiting his constituency during the forth coming gubernatorial and state assembly elections.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House of representatives leader, Alasan Ado Doguwa\u2019s name was removed by the Independent Electoral Commission INEC for forcing it\u2019s Resident Electoral Commissioner REC to declare him winner of the Tudun&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":103375,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-103560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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