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| Abiodun Faleke , APC Governorship Candidate, Kogi State |
Abiodun Faleke, running mate to the late Abubakar Audu in
the November 21 governorship election in Kogi State, has picked Mohammed, the
first son of Audu, as his deputy. Faleke, who is opposed to the supplementary
election which INEC has scheduled for Saturday, said the party had requested
him to nominate a deputy in accordance with the constitutional provision. He
told a gathering of APC members in Kogi on Monday that Audu’s death has placed
a moral burden on him, saying he would fight on until “victory is
accomplished”.
Meanwhile, Yahaya Bello, who came second in the August 28
primary which produced Audu, is believed to be the preferable choice of the
party for the supplementary poll. Leaders of the party are currently holding a
meeting at the APC headquarters in Abuja. In an earlier letter to INEC, Faleke
faulted the decision of the commission to declare the election as inconclusive. |
| Muhammed Audu |
He also expressed reservation over the directive given to the APC to replace
Audu, arguing that even if a fresh exercise were to hold, he ought to be
considered since he ran on a joint ticket with the deceased. “In law and logic,
no new candidate can inherit or be a beneficiary of the votes already cast,
counted and declared by INEC before that candidate was nominated and
purportedly sponsored,” Faleke said in a letter written on his behalf by Wole
Olanipekun, his counsel. “Assuming without conceding that INEC is even right to
order a supplementary election, the votes already cast, counted and declared on
Saturday, 25th November 2015, were votes for the joint constitutional ticket of
Prince Abubakar Audu and our client. “Therefore, no new or supplementary
candidate can hijack, aggregate, appropriate or inherit the said votes.”
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