2023: Doguwa Breaks Silence On ‘Vote APC Or We Deal With You’ Comment

The Majority Leader of the House of Representatives, Ado Doguwa on Tuesday cleared the air on a video showing him threatening to deal with those who won’t vote for the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2023 election.

Naija News had earlier reported that the lawmaker representing Doguwa/Tudun Wada Federal Constituency stated this during a campaign rally.

The lawmaker while addressing his supporters in Hausa had said, “To God who made me, on election day, you must vote for APC or we deal with you.”

Doguwa while reacting to the controversial video during an interview on Channels TV said his intention was to reinforce supporters and not intimidate them.

The lawmaker while explaining his reason for his comment said, “That is not a threat. I would never threaten our electorate. What you don’t know about Kano State (is that) Kano State is one very special political space. We have our special semantics in politics.

“We have the shenanigans we use during electioneering campaigns. Kano State is an aggressive state in terms of politics of ideology. In Kano State, we have our own way or approaches when it comes to campaigns. You must employ and use what will ginger your people.

“We have inherited this from time immemorial. Asking people to vote for APC or we deal with them simply means – like what you can call shenanigans, political brouhaha which we make simply to ‘ginger’ our supporters, to let them feel that we are on the ground and we will get it right.

“I never meant to intimidate, I never meant to threaten any of my voters. I’m a reasonable person. I have been in election processes for the past 32 years and I’ve never used threats or intimidation to win my elections.

“But you cannot take away political shenanigans, brouhaha, and sloganeering in Nigeria’s politics. Nigerians should not take this as a threat. It’s part of our political shenanigans and brouhaha. This is what we call the highlights of democracy in Kano politics and you cannot rule that out.”