Posted on: 05:07 Sun, 29 Nov 2015



Eleven All Progressives Congress (APC)
lawmakers in Kogi state have endorsed
Mohammed Audu, son of the late
Abubabar Audu, threatening to oust
any other governor who emerges other
than their choice.

Maman Rabiu, a member of the Kogi
state house of assembly, who spoke
on behalf of the APC lawmakers, said
the younger Audu has the clout of his
father and is capable to lead the
state.

“We present to the national
leadership, Prince Mohammed Audu
to replace his late father. It is not
because he is the first son, but try
him, he is very intelligent and equal
to the task. With him, we will have
the Kogi of our dream,” he said.

“It is not a threat, but we told them
that we have no intention of washing
our dirty linen in public. Removing
somebody is just a two minutes job
for us as lawmakers in the state.

“We are the legislators and have told
the national chairman our position
that in any case anybody is smuggled
in contrary to what we present to
them, we know the best way to
remove him.”

Rabiu advised the party to accept its
recommendation, saying James
Faleke could still be retained as the
deputy governorship candidate.
“We are the electorates and we know
why we are here. There will be no
solution to this problem without
giving us listening ear. Prince Audu
was the man who went through
primary before nominating Faleke as
his deputy,” he said.

“We are not asking Faleke to stay
away from the ticket. We equally
worked with him during the
campaigns. What we are saying is
that it should be Mohammed Audu/
Faleke ticket. The two of them must
work together.”

The Kogi governorship election was
declared inconclusive on Sunday, the
same day Audu died.

The Independent National Electoral
Commission (INEC) had requested
APC to send a substitute candidate,
and fixed December 5 for a
supplementary election, but the
party is yet to present any candidate.

On Thursday, Faleke, the late Audu’s
running mate, asked INEC to
declared him governor, just as the
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)
urged the electoral umpire to declare
Idris Wada, its candidate winner of
the November 21 governorship
election.