The directive followed a direct complaint lodged before the court by the Kano State correspondent of Leadership Newspapers, Abdullahi Yakubu, through his counsel, Bashir, Umar & Co. Legal Practitioners and Corporate Consultant.
A Chief Magistrate Court in Kano has directed the office of the Assistant Inspector General of Police, Zone 1 to conduct a discrete investigation on criminal assault allegedly committed by the House of Representatives member representing Doguwa/Tudun Wada Federal Constituency, Alhassan Ado Doguwa.
The directive followed a direct complaint lodged before the court by the Kano State correspondent of Leadership Newspapers, Abdullahi Yakubu, through his counsel, Bashir, Umar & Co. Legal Practitioners and Corporate Consultant.
A letter addressed to the AIG Zone 1, dated November 1, 2022 and signed by the Registrar of the Court read, “I am directed by the Presiding Chief Magistrate Court 24, A. B. Wali Complex, Gyedi-Gyedi Kano, to write and request you, to conduct discrete investigation against House of Reps member representing Doguwa/Tudun Wada Federal Constituency, Alhassan Ado Doguwa.
"Upon lodging direct complaint before the court by the counsel to the complainant, Bashir, Umar and Co. ℅ Malam Abdullahi Yakubu of Sharada quarters. Attached herewith is the copy of the complaint.”
In the letter of complaint to the court, the counsel for the complainant had said, "We act as solicitors to Malam Abdullahi Yakubu of Sharada Quarters Kano Municipal (hereinafter referred to as our Client) pursuant to his specific mandate and instruction we write to you this letter of complaint.
"It's our humble brief that our client is a professional journalist working with Leadership Newspaper here in Kano acting as Kano Bureau Chief Leadership newspaper.
"That on 1st November, 2022, our client together with some of his professional colleagues were at the residence of the above-mentioned member of the House of Representatives, based on his invitation for him to clear his name through our media on trending story on social media accusing him of assaulting the former commissioner for local government and deputy governorship candidate of APC (Murtala Sale Garo) in the state.
"However, it was in the process of his narration concerning the episode at the deputy governor's house where the incident between him and Murtala Sale Garo took place.
"That he became so provoked to the extent that he vowed to send his boys to destroy all the billboards and banners belonging to Gwawuna/Garo for governorship and deputy governor.
"On noticing how he became furious, our client then took the bull by the horns to beg him not to take the law into his own hands (but) instead of him to listen to our client and act appropriately, he used his right hand and gave our client a deadly blow on his right ear.
"In fact, since then our client lost his good health our client encountered serious problems with his eardrums, tympanic membrane, excessive headache, general body pain and many more are some of the health issues our client is facing now.
"In view of the foregoing, we urge you Sir to order the office of AIG Zone One Kano to investigate the case and bring the said Hon. Alhaji Alhassan Ado Doguwa to justice.”
Doguwa recently clashed with the deputy governorship candidate of the APC for the 2023 elections in Kano State, Garo.
Reports alleged that Doguwa attacked Garo during a meeting at the residence of the deputy governor of the state, Nasiru Gawuna on Monday.
It was also alleged that Doguwa threw a cup of tea at Garo, which injured the latter.
But in a press conference on Tuesday, Doguwa admitted that there was a clash between him and Garo, but said he did not attack him.
He said during the scuffle, Garo fell on shards of a broken cup and got injured.