Tribunal affirms election of Ex-Majority Leader, Doguwa

The Kano State Tribunal has declared former Majority leader of House of Representatives, Alhassan Doguwa, has been declared as the winner of the Doguwa/Tudunwada Federal Constituency poll.

Delivering judgment on Monday in a petition filed by the New Nigeria People’s Party and its candidate, Salisu Yushau Abdullahi, the leading Judge, Justice L.B Owolabi, said the petitioner failed to prove his petition within legal reasonable doubt as such he threw it out.

Justice Owolabi said all the three grounds relied upon by the petitioner of corrupt practices as perpetuated by Alhassan Doguwa, non-compliance with electoral Law, and that failure to have the needed lawful votes to win the election are baseless and could not be accepted as reasons to cancel the election.

“On violence during elections, all the petitioner’s 21 witnesses testified no violence during elections as against the claim of the petitioner,” he added.

The court in a unanimous decision agreed that all the 32 witnesses brought about by the petitioner could not give enough evidence that will truncate the election.

The presiding judge while delivering judgment wondered how all the witnesses of the petitioner arrived at their various polling units at same time and witnessed over voting at all the units, but could not recognised their results sheets.

He concluded that their evidences could not stand the test of time and threw them out.

“The petitioner in whole has failed to make any case capable of truncating the election of Alhassan Ado Doguwa as such he is hereby returned duly elected by a majority of votes” he said.