Face Your Murder Case Alone, Dawakin Tofa Advises….
The embattled majority leader, Nigeria House of Representatives, Alhassan Ado Doguwa has accused the Kano NNPP spokesperson, Sanusi Bature Dawakin Tofa of spreading fake and unsubstantiated news against him.
Doguwa in an exclusive interview aired on Freedom Radio popular political programme ‘Kowani Gauta’ last night said he never killed anyone neither did he participate or orchestrated the violence recorded at Tudun Wada/Doguwa Federal Constituency during the presidential and national assembly elections.
Doguwa stated that he was amazed that Dawaking Tofa was going on national tv and other radio stations as well as other social media platforms, pushing the ugly narrative against him of killing not less than 16 people without any evidence while admonishing him to remember the Qur’anic verse that teaches against spreading false news.
He however confirmed his presence at the trouble ground but that he only went to the INEC collation centre in the area to see for himself what was happening after thick cloud of smoke covered the atmosphere and the news of vandalism by some hoodlums believed to be sponsored by the NNPP got to him.
According to him, the fact that he won his election after the supplementary elections last Saturday is an indication that he is still popular amongst the Tudun Wada people even whilw he’s away from the area describing himself as the man of the moment in the last election.
“I didn’t kill anyone neither was I behind the incident at Tudun Wada. On that day, I had nothing in my hands but the chaplet which I usually carry for supplications”.
“I don’t know why they had to cook up such story against me that I, Ado doguwa in broad day light, at about 3PM on that faithful day went out on killing spree”.
Dawakin Tofa are you not a Muslim? Are you not from Kano? Have you been to the police or court to seek for evidence before spreading the lies? What do you and others behind this lie stand to get? I believe Allah will do justice between me and all those who accused me wrongly here and the life after”, he added.
Alhassan, however cleared the air on some of his utterances during his campaigns in the past stressing that he was never inciting his followers to violence but a normal trend used by Kano politicians to motivate their supporters but never a call for violence neither a foundation to establish the narrative of him killing people.
He added that anyone who wishes to dig further can check from the time of Abubakar Rimi down to present time with the exception of Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje as the only person who never used foul or harsh words during his campaigns.
“We are already in court and I believe the truth will surface at the end”, Ado added.
When contacted, the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) in Kano, Sanusi Bature Dawakin Tofa expressed shock over Ado Doguwa’s accusation noting that “I am not the original source of the story, I only visited Tudunwada town to check on the victims and cater for their medical bills and condoled with the families of those who were killed, and I visited the graves of some of the dead NNPP members”.
“I want to advise Hon. Alhassan Ado Doguwa to face his murder case without sharing blame to innocent people like me, I am neither a lawyer nor a judge”, Bature simply stated.