INEC remarked that Doguwa’s name was removed from the list of Reps-members elect because his declaration was made under duress.
By Emma Ogbuehi
One week after the National Assembly and Presidential elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released the full list of members-elect of the 10th House of Representatives.
The federal elections were conducted by INEC on February 25.
The resurgent Labour Party (LP) made historic gains in the elections producing 34 members who are all new members of the Green Chamber of the National Assembly.
They did so by defeating rivals from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
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INEC removed the name of the Majority Leader of the House of Representatives, Ado Doguwa, from the list of elected House of Representatives members.
It will be recalled that INEC had earlier announced Doguwa, a member of the All Progressives Congress, as the winner of the February 25 election in the Doguwa/Tudunwada constituency.
He polled 39,732 votes to defeat the candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party, Yushau Salisu Abdullahi, who polled 34,798 votes.
TheNiche had earlier reported that Doguwa was arrested for his alleged involvement in the killing of several persons and burning of the Secretariat of New Nigeria People’s Party in the election.
Doguwa, who was on Wednesday remanded in prison custody by a chief magistrates’ court in Kano, was later granted bail on very stringent conditions.
INEC remarked that Doguwa’s name was removed because his declaration was made under duress.
The full list is below:
