A member of the House of Representatives from Kano, Abdulmumin Jibrin, has claimed that his colleague, Alhassan Doguwa, has never won a free and fair election.
Naturenex reports that the two lawmakers from Kano State have been at loggerheads for days now, over the former Governor of the state, Rabiu Kwankwaso.
Jibrin had warned Doguwa to desist from making disparaging remarks against Kwankwaso, the national leader of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) cum founder of the Kwankwasiyya political movement.
However, Doguwa said it was Kwankwaso who first insulted members of the APC in Kano.
In a statement on Wednesday by his media aide, Sani Paki, Jibrin said Doguwa has no political structure, stressing that his constituents see the lawmaker as the late Idi Amin, a former leader of Uganda, who is reported to have ruled with “iron fists”.
Jubrin said it was his influence that ensured that Doguwa was made the chief whip of the house in the 8th National Assembly and he is fit to be called his godfather in the House of Representatives.
The lawmaker added that Doguwa is “the real political parasite” who has allegedly remained a problem in Kano politics.
The statement reads, “Doguwa has never won a free and fair election. His party also neither found him suitable for the position of whip nor leader of the house in 2023.
“Two positions he previously held, which before God, I played a significant role in his emergence, giving him a benefit of doubt in the hope that he will change his ways. Alas, I was wrong.
“In fact, though, he worked against us in the speakership race of 2015 and covertly in 2019, both of which I defeated him, and I single-handedly pushed for him to be chief whip on the instruction of Kwankwaso in 2015.
“I repeated same after I led the speakership race in 2019 to make Alhassan leader of the house on the instruction of the then Governor of Kano, two leaders he has betrayed and continue to plot against, overtly and covertly, respectively.
“I challenge Doguwa to show us his political structure, aside from only being able to strive and get relevance in crisis situations or a divided environment, which is the hallmark of his politics.
“I am fit to be called his godfather in the house of representatives. This is what a little boy who was in school in 1992 can do to an old man like Doguwa.”
