The member of the House of Representatives for Doguwa/Tudun Wada Federal Constituency of Kano State, Alhassan Doguwa, declared on Thursday there was no murder case hanging on his neck.
The lawmaker was reacting to a murder allegation against him by his colleague from Kiru/Bebeji Federal Constituency of Kano State, Abdulmumini Jibrin.
The two lawmakers have been at a loggerhead lately and exchanged angry words in public.
Jubrin on Tuesday insisted that he helped Doguwa to secure the majority whip in the House in 2019.
He also insisted that his rival cannot win a credible election in the state.
However, in a statement issued on Thursday, Doguwa argued that a court had dismissed the charges and set him free.
He said: “Let me say categorically that as of today. I, Doguwa, am not standing before any court of law in Nigeria for an alleged murder, a culpable homicide.”
He added that there was equally no case against him for any politically instigated violence contrary to claim in some quarters.
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“I went through virtually all criminal investigations and judicial considerations at various levels and came out clean and victoriously innocent.
“Copies of such rigorous police investigations conducted by the highest police investigation authority in the land, the Force Criminal Investigation Department, are available for public scrutiny,” the lawmaker added.
He insisted that his political enemies within and outside his constituency had failed in their plots to get him indicted for what he had not committed.
“For the information of Jibrin and his partners, it was based on the police clearance that the Attorney- General and Commissioner of Justice in Kano State acted and issued advice that exonerated me.
“I was exonerated from the alleged criminal charges,” he stated.
Doguwa said the crisis in his constituency was fabricated to destroy his political ambition.
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