The Court of Appeal in Kaduna has sacked the House Representative Leader, Alhassan Doguwa.
Doguwa, who represents Tudunwada/Doguwa Federal Constituency was sacked by the appellate court in a unanimous judgment, which nullified the entire election in the two local government areas he represents.
The court, in a judgment delivered by Oludotun Adefope-Okojie, ordered fresh elections in the constituency.
The sack occurs days after another House of Reps member from Kano, Abdulmumin Jibrin, was also sacked by the appeal court.
Just like Doguwa, the court ordered a fresh election in the two local governments of Kiru and Bebeji which constitutes Jibrin’s federal constituency.
Journey to justice
The National Assembly election tribunal had dismissed a petition filed by the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), Yusha’u Salisu, against Doguwa’s election for failure to prove allegations of irregularities and over-voting in the election.
However, the Court of Appeal judges said they wondered how the tribunal arrived at the conclusion that PDP and its candidate had failed to prove their case.
While setting aside the tribunal judgment, the court nullified the entire election in the two local government areas Doguwa represents, saying the whole process was marred by irregularities.
The appellate court held that the entire election could not stand as Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had omitted other parties from the final declaration of the result.
The court said INEC made a ‘substantial breach’ by writing the results of only two of the 53 parties that participated in the election in Form EC 8 (II) E.
The court, therefore, ordered INEC to conduct a fresh election within 90 days in the entire constituency.
Doguwa emerged as the house majority leader at the beginning of the ninth assembly after a consensus by the North-West caucus of the house.
The APC had announced its decision to zone the position to the North-West.
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