House Majority Leader Alhassan Doguwa Refutes Claim He Was Invited to Questioning

By Ibrahim Dawakin Tofa

The Majority Leaders, House of Representatives, Rt. Hon Alhassan Ado Doguwa has refuted the allegation in some quarters that he was invited for questioning on the orders of a Magistrate Court in Kano and that he should report to the AIG Kano Zone 1 over an alleged attack on a journalist.

Hon Alhassan Doguwa in a Press Statement today stated that he has not received any invitation from the Police or a Magistrate. As a law-abiding citizen of the country, I am willing and ready to honour any invitation by the court or the Police.

He advised his supporters to disregard the media reports linking him with attacking any journalist and described the reports as the handiwork of political mischief makers.

The majority leader described his relationship with journalists as “excellent and cordial” and wondered how anyone could accuse him of attacking journalists whom he described as “partners and friends in our Democratic Journey”.

He cautioned those behind the rumours to desist from using his name to score cheap political points.

“They want to use the name of Alhassan Ado Doguwa to build their political career by spreading rumours against me. They want to destroy my reputation. They will surely fail. I am a man of the people. My popularity with the people cannot be tarnished by rumours.”