The Majority Leader of the House of Representatives Alhassan Ado Doguwa has won the Tudun Wada/Doguwa Constituency seat of Kano State.
Doguwa clinched the federal seat following a supplementary election held on Saturday in the area.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)’s returning officer Professor Sani Ibrahim announced the results, saying the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate got 41, 573 votes.
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His closest opponent and the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) flagbearer Yushau Salisu polled 34,831 votes while the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) got 211.
A breakdown of the voter register showed that 227, 912 persons were registered, and 80, 933 got accreditation.
But after Saturday’s exercise, the total votes cast was 79, 705; valid votes were 78,788, and rejected ballots amounted to 917.
In the run-up to the elections, the Defence Headquarters (DHQ) says a viral video showing Doguwa, firing an AK-47 rifle guided by military personnel was taken at Falgore Forest Military Training Camp in Kano State.
Doguwa, the Majority Leader of the House of Representatives, is being prosecuted by the police on charges bordering on criminal conspiracy, culpable homicide, causing grievous hurt, mischief by fire, and inciting disturbance.
He was arrested by the police in Kano over the death of three persons in his constituency in the February 25 presidential election.
Following the emergence of the viral video, the acting Director of Defence Information, Brig.-Gen. Tukur Gusau, said the clip was taken during the 3 Brigade Nigerian Army Training Exercise where he was invited as a special guest.
The Defence Headquarters wishes to state that the video is a calculated attempt by mischief-makers to discredit the Armed Forces of Nigeria and dent its image before the good people of this country and the world at large.
