Former Majority Leader of the House of Representatives, Hon. Alhassan Ado Doguwa, has been declared innocent by a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja over allegations of murder made by the Kano state government.
In a certified true copy of the judgment of the Federal High Court dated 5 December 2023, now released in suit No: FHC/ABJ/ABJ/CS/714/2019, the judge, D.U. Okorowo, cleared Doguwa of the murder allegation.
The court also ordered the Kano State Government to pay N25 million to Ado Doguwa as damages.
Doguwa, the Chairman of the House Committee on Downstream Petroleum, represents Doguwa/Tudun Wada Federal Constituency in Kano state.
The NNPP government had dragged him to court, accusing him of murder.
But the court declared that Doguwa was wrongly accused and awarded N25 million in damages against the Kano State Government and the police.
Doguwa was arrested by the police in Kano and arraigned in court over the murder case.
He was later released on bail by the orders of another court, after which he applied for the review of police investigations that led to his sudden arrest, arraignment, and detention.
The immediate-past All Progressives Congress (APC) government in the state had dropped the police investigation and exonerated him.
The alleged murder case was, however, reopened by the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) administration in the state, accusing Doguwa of killing over 15 people, mostly NNPP members.
However, Doguwa sued the Attorney-General of the Federation, the Inspector-General of Police, the Governor of Kano State, and the Attorney-General of Kano State over the alleged infringement of his rights to dignity, liberty, and freedom of movement.
