House of Representatives Majority Leader, Alhassan Ado Doguwa has publicly apologized to Kano Leadership newspaper correspondent, Abdullahi Yakubu whom he allegedly assaulted recently.
SOLACEBASE had reported that Abdullahi Yakubu, a journalists had dragged Alhassan Ado Doguwa to a magistrate court in Kano for allegedly assaulting him, when he attended a press conference at the lawmaker’s residence.
The press conference was said to be at the instance of the lawmaker who was accused of gate crashing into an APC stakeholders meeting in Kano, recently where the meeting ended in crisis over his alleged harassment of some of the stakeholders including the party deputy governorship candidate in Kano, Murtala Sule Garo.
Doguwa subsequently went to the radio to apologized to Murtala Sule Garo , former SSG, Rabiu Sulyman Bichi, Wudil/Garko rep. member, Muhammad Ali Wudil and others over his action.
The magistrate court subsequently ordered the Assistant Inspector General of Police, Zone One, to investigate the alleged assault case filed by the journalist against the lawmaker.
Appearing before the Zone One AIG, on Friday, Alhassan Ado Doguwa said he was not aware of the summon to appear before the police authority over the assault allegation until the same Friday when he received the invitation hence he’s appearance.
Doguwa, lawmaker, representing Doguwa/Tudun Wada federal constituency, said in an interview with a local Radio station in Kano, on Saturday, that he immediately apologized to the Journalist, Abdullahi Yakubu, who incidentally is his friend of over 30 years.
