Kogi Elections: Tension as Two Rival Groups Storm APC Headquarters
Disaster
was averted yesterday in the ongoing controversy that has trailed the
Kogi governorship elections as two APC rival groups stormed the party's
headquarters in Abuja.
Prince Abubakar Audu
There was tension yesterday as two rival groups stormed the
headquarters of the All Progressives Congress in Abuja to demand that
the party consider their benefactors as beneficiaries of the mandate
given to the late APC governorship candidate in last week’s election,
Prince Abubakar Audu.
The protesters who arrived the secretariat at different times, came
with chartered commercial buses with placards singing solidarity songs
in support of their candidates. One group was for late Abubakar Audu's
son, Mohammed while the other demanded for James Falake to be made the
governorship candidate in the forthcoming supplementary election.
The leader of Falake supporters, Jibrin Yusuf read a statement
signed by a former acting Governor of Kogi State, Clarance Obafemi
asking the party not to do any malpractice in the nomination of the
candidate to replace the late Abubakar Audu.
Yusuf said, “Also very well known is the fact that the APC
governorship mandate is jointly held by the late Prince Abubakar Audu
and Hon. Abiodun James Faleke, and the more than 240, 000 votes given by
the good people of Kogi State are for the two of them. Now, Biodun
Faleke is still alive.”
However, Mohammed's supports shouted in opposition. They demanded
that he should be allowed to step into the shoes of his late father.
Their spokesman, Mr. Solomon Ogbadu, said they were at the party’s
headquarters to inform leaders of their choice and the reason for making
it. He explained that it was in the interest of peace and justice to
allow Mohammed replace his father.
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