The former Majority leader of House of Representatives, Alhassan Ado Doguwa, has won his case against the New Nigeria People’s Party candidate, Salisu Yushau Abdullahi to return elected as Member Representing Doguwa/Tudunwada Federal Constituency.
Delivering judgment on Monday in a petition filed by the NNPP House of Representatives candidate, against the reelection of Doguwa, the leading Judge, Justice L.B Owolabi, said the Petitioner failed to prove his petition within legal reasonable doubt as such he threw it away.
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Justice Owolabi said all the three grounds relied upon by the petitioner of corrupt practices as perpetuated by Alhassan Doguwa, non compliance with Electoral Law, and that failure to have the needed lawful votes to win the election are baseless and could not be accepted as reasons to cancel the election.
On violence during elections, all the petitioner’s 21 Witnesses testified no Violence during elections as against the testimony of the Petitioner.
The Court in a unanimous decision, therefore, agreed that all the 32 witnesses brought about by the Petitioner could not concurrently give enough evidence that will truncate the election.
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The Presiding Judge said while delivering judgment that he wondered how all the witnesses of the petitioner arrived at their various polling units at same time and witnessed over voting at all the units, but could not recognized their results sheets, as such he said their evidences could not stand the test of time and threw them away.
“The Petitioner in whole has failed to make any case capable of truncating the election of Alhassan Ado Doguwa as such he is hereby returned duly elected by a majority of votes”.
