The majority leader of the, House of Representatives, Alhassan Ado Doguwa, has been delisted from the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) list of election winners.
Doguwa won the February 25 election in Doguwa/Tudunwada constituency as declared by the INEC.
INEC returning officer, Professor Ibrahim Adamu Yakasai, had announced that Doguwa of the All Progressives Congress (APC) polled 39,732 votes to beat his closest rival, Yushau Salisu Abdullahi of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) who scored 34,798 votes.
But Doguwa’s name was conspicuously missing in the newly released list of House of Reps members-elect
According to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC the declaration of results done at Doguwa/Tundunwada Federal Constituency was done under duress.
The commission, in the list of winners posted on its Twitter timeline on Monday, said the result that declared Doguwa as the winner was done under duress.
It would be recalled that Section 65 of the Electoral Act gives the commission the power to void results declared under duress.
This is the latest in the troubles facing Doguwa, who is facing trial for alleged involvement in the violence that led to the death of three persons.
Doguwa was taken before a magistrate’s court on the charges of murder, arson and unlawful possession of firearms, and was subsequently remanded in prison.
But a Federal High Court in Kano on Monday admitted the embattled lawmaker to N500 million bail, and banned him from visiting his constituency during the forthcoming gubernatorial and state assembly elections.
