Embattled majority leader of the House of Representatives, Alhassan Ado Doguwa, has been granted bail.
Naija News understands that the lawmaker was granted bail on Monday (today) by a Federal High Court in Kano.
Recall that Ado Doguwa was arrested last week over alleged links to electoral violence in Kano State during the 2023 general elections.
Doguwa was arrested at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport while about to board a flight to Abuja. The high-ranking National Assembly member was nabbed by operatives of the Nigeria Police Force over allegations that he personally led the thugs that set ablaze the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) secretariat in Kano where at least two persons were burnt to death. 
The violence event happened in the Tudun Wada local government area of Kano. Doguwa was immediately arraigned before a Magistrate’s Court on charges of arson and murder.
He was nailed for criminal conspiracy, culpable homicide, arson and illegal possession of firearms, among others.
However, counsel to the accused, Nureini Jimoh (SAN), applied for an exparte order before Justice Muhammad Nasir Yunusa to grant the accused bail based on alleged infringement of his fundamental human rights and absence of jurisdiction by the magistrate’s court that had remanded the accused.
Jimoh contended that since the accused was charged with culpable homicide and illegal possession of firearms, a Magistrate’s Court lacked jurisdictional power to remand Doguwa
Upon hearing the application, Justice Yunusa granted him bail with the condition that the suspect must provide two sureties, one of which shall be a first-class traditional ruler while the other must be a permanent secretary at the federal or state civil service.
The Judge ordered that the suspect shall deposit his travel documents with the Court registry, which can be released upon request if needed for travel. The documents must be resubmitted upon return from the journey.
The Court further ruled that the lawmaker shall desist from visiting his constituency during the forthcoming gubernatorial and state house of assembly elections.
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