A Magistrates Court sitting in Kano, North West Nigeria has ordered the remand of the House of Representatives Majority leader, Alhassan Ado Doguwa on Wednesday.
The order followed the trial of the lawmaker over his alleged involvement in killings and arson by thugs loyal to him in Kano.
Doguwa appeared before Court 58 of the Magistrate’s Court in Nomansland area of the state metropolis on Wednesday evening following his arrest at the Malam Aminu Kano International Airport late Tuesday.
According to the First Information Report
the magistrate, Ibrahim Mansur Yola, ordered that the lawmaker should be kept in the Nigerian Correctional Centre, Kano till 7th March, 2023 being the day slated for hearing the bail application.
Meanwhile, the Kano State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Haruna Kiyawa said, Hon. Doguwa was arrested by operatives of the Command in connection with criminal conspiracy, culpable homicide, causing grievous hurt, mischief by fire, and inciting disturbance.
He said this followed complaints “received on the gruesome murder of three persons, causing grievous injury to eight others in Tudun Wada LGA on 26/02/2023 while the collation of election results was ongoing and an alleged viral video of some victims with suspected gunshots in the Social Media.”
He stated that the Commissioner of Police in charge of the 2023 General Election, Kano State Command, CP Muhammad Yakubu, directed the Kano State Police Command’s State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) to conduct a thorough investigation.
Kiyawa stated that Doguwa was arrested because he refused to accept a police invitation.
“He was subsequently arrested by detectives from the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) Bompai Kano at Malam Aminu Kano International Airport (MAKIA), Kano,” he said
