The Court of Appeal in Abuja has affirmed the clearance of a member of the House of Representatives, Alhassan Ado Doguwa, over alleged culpable homicide.
A three-member panel of justices of the appellate court led by Justice Adebukola Banjoko, dismissed the Kano State Government’s appeal of a similar judgment of the Federal High Court for lack of merit.
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The Federal High Court in Abuja, in its judgement by Justice Donatus Okorowo in suit number: FHC/ABJ/CS/714/2019, agreed with the lawmaker that the charges amounted to an infringement on his fundamental human rights and restrained the Kano State Government from arresting, detaining, and prosecuting him and awarded the sum of N25 million as damages
Read the full story at; https://dailytrust.com/homicide-court-of-appeal-affirms-doguwas-acquittal/