BREAKING: INEC Finally Announces Winner At APC, NNPP Major Controversial Battleground

• Alhassan Doguwa, the majority leader of the House of Representatives, has been re-elected for the fifth time in the ongoing supplementary election
• According to INEC, the lawmaker garnered 41,573 votes to defeat his closest rival from the NNPP, Yushau Salisu, who scored 34,831 votes
• Doguwa was earlier declared of the February 25 National Assembly election but was later declared inconclusive as a result of violence and over-voting

Kano, Kano - Alhassan Ado Doguwa, the House of Representatives majority leader and candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has been re-elected to represent the Doguwa and Tudunwada federal constituency.

According to Daily Trust, Doguwa emerged as the winner of the supplementary poll conducted across 8 wards in the Tudunwada local government area.

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Professor Sani Ibrahim, the returning officer of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the constituency, said Doguwa gathered the highest votes of 41,573 and defeated his closest rival in the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), Yushau Salisu, who scored 34,831 votes.

Doguwa was earlier declared as the winner of the February 25 national assembly election at the Doguwa constituency, but the election was later upturned and declared inconclusive because of over-voting and violence.

Also, Ibrahim Adamu Yakasai, the then returning officer of INEC for the February 25 poll, was said to have announced Doguwa under duress.

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With the declaration, Doguwa will be returning to the national assembly for the fifth time. The elected lawmaker is believed to be among the top contender for the position of speaker of the House of Representatives.

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Obviously, the current speaker of the green chamber, Femi Gbajabiamila, would not be contesting for the position for a second term, though he has been re-elected.

He has, however, met with the 9 contestants for the position under the APC and pleaded with them to allow the party's choice to stand.

INEC removes Doguwa from the list of elected winners

Legit.ng earlier reported that the House of Reps majority leader's name, Alhassan Ado Doguwa, has been removed from the final list of elected lawmakers released by INEC.

The electoral body, in its remark on the list, said the returning officer read the result of the Doguwa/Tudunwada federal constituency under duress.

Doguwa was arrested and arraigned after the election over alleged murder, arson and unlawful possession of firearms and subsequently remanded in prison.

Source: Legit.ng