House of Representatives committee Chairman on Petroleum Upstream, Hon. Alhassan Doguwa, has challenged Abdulmumini Jibrin to provide evidence for his claim that he (Doguwa) was involved in the killing of seven PDP supporters at a campaign rally in 2019.
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.
Responding to Jibrin’s allegations, Doguwa, representing Doguwa/Tudun Wada Federal Constituency in Kano State, issued a statement asserting that these accusations are part of a political scheme to undermine the electoral will of the people who have consistently supported him.
Doguwa expressed confidence in his innocence and criticized Jibrin’s tactics.
In his statement, Doguwa apologized to those who advised him to ignore Jibrin’s claims but felt compelled to respond to defend his integrity and the honor of his constituents.
He also criticized Jibrin’s previous warnings and accused him of political misconduct.
The statement from Doguwa reads, “I am compelled to respond to the latest statements made by Abdulmumin Jibrin Kofa, a member of the NNPP, regarding allegations of violence and crisis during the last general elections in my federal constituency in Kano.
“Despite the counsel of elders and stakeholders to ignore his “tissue of lies,” I must address these claims to clear my name and uphold my moral and ethical integrity as a public servant and democrat.
“Jibrin’s accusations stem from a political plot to thwart the will of the electorate, who have consistently voted for me. I have been cleared of all allegations by the police and courts, with three courts of competent jurisdictions declaring me innocent.
“A Federal High Court in Abuja even ordered the Kano State government to pay me ₦25 million in damages for harassment and defamation.
“The crisis in my constituency was instigated by political losers, and I was made a victim. The police arrested and prosecuted NNPP members involved in the crisis, who confessed to being hired to stop my election. I am not standing trial for any alleged murder, culpable homicide, or politically instigated violence.
“I challenge Jibrin to provide evidence of his claims, particularly regarding the killing of seven PDP supporters during a campaign rally in 2019. Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso is my eyewitness to this alleged political brigandage. Jibrin’s actions were reported by the media, and he was arrested alongside 70 others by the police.
“I leave Jibrin’s concoctions and lies to the court of public opinion and the media to analyze. I am confident in my innocence and the truth will prevail.
“My sincere and profound apologies and appeals to all the elders, stakeholders, allies and parliamentarians in Kano, Abuja and across the country who counselled me to ignore Abdulmumin Jibrin Kofa’s (NNPP, Kiru/Bebeji Federal Constituency) tissue of lies, fabrication, ranting, stupidity and balderdash, to kindly allow me, for the last time, respond to his latest statements, as it borders on lives, my moral and ethical integrity as a public servant and democrat.
“While awaiting the so-called bombshell Jibrin threatened to drop against me, which he said would lead to my expulsion from the All Progressives Congress (APC), the largest political party in Africa and my party for life, from which he veered off. Jibrin derailed into hallucinations, concoctions and black lies.
“As we all know, the genesis of these verbal altercations started when Jibrin, a political parasite and an electoral terrorist, warned me against responding to his “fictitious godfather”, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, who disparaged the leadership of the APC and called us “Banzaye”, A Hausa word for stupid people, in a widely circulated video clip.
“Let me also say categorically that as of today, I, Hon. Alhassan Ado Doguwa, am not standing before any court of law in Nigeria, for alleged murder, culpable Homicide or any politically instigated violence being speculated by my detractors or political enemies. 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 investigations authority in the land (the Force Criminal Investigation Department – FCID, Abuja) that cleared me, are available for public scrutiny.
“I, therefore, wish to state on my honour and on Islamic moral conviction, that the so-called crisis in my constituency was merely cooked and fabricated to throw a spanner in the works of what was perceived to be my life ambition in politics (to be the Speaker of the House of Representatives). Ambition! Yes.! There is nothing wrong with aspiring for what one feels; he can aspire for life. But as a Muslim, I always bear in mind the belief that it’s only Allah who can give power to whosoever He wishes at any time.
“My friend Kwankwaso was a tragic victim of Abdulmumini Jibrin’s planned political assassination. I challenge the duo of them, and of course, Rt. Hon. Ali Madaki, the Deputy Minority Leader of the 10th House of Representatives, to refute this.
“On his allegation that I have always won my elections by force, my question is how did I win my two state assembly elections in Doguwa/Tundun Wada LGAs on March 18, and on same delivered APC in the Gubernatorial elections in my area, when I was under house arrest by a court order that urged me not to go even near my federal constituency?
“For the umpteenth time, I challenge Jibrin to bring out those bombshells that he claimed could lead to my expulsion from my party for life and death… He should instead behave himself before Sen. Kwankwaso, Governor Abba, and Hon. Aliyu Sani Madaki begin to dust their case files to sue him in court for allegedly leading teams of political thugs to assassinate them at Kofa village while on a lawful campaign rally in 2019.
“I leave the rest of Jibrin’s concoctions and lies to the court of public opinion and the media to analyse.”
