Kogi Supplementary Poll: Tinubu Insists On Faleke
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There were indications last night that leaders of the All
Progressives Congress (APC) were still divided over the choice of Alhaji
Yahaya Bello as the party’s candidate for next Saturday’s supplementary
governorship election in Kogi State.
While the national leader of
the APC, Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu and a group loyal to him in the
party are insisting that Yahaya Bello’s name be withdrawn for Hon James
Faleke (late Prince Abubakar Audu’s running mate) following the
submission of Bello’s name by the party last Friday to the Independent
National Electoral Commission (INEC), other party chieftains have kicked
against this saying Bello’s choice and subsequent nomination be
maintained.
This is coming just as the INEC has given the APC
until tomorrow to present a replacement for its late governorship
candidate, Prince Abubakar Audu, for the Kogi supplementary election.
LEADERSHIP
had on Saturday reported that Bello who came second during the party’s
governorship primaries on August 29, 2015 was chosen by the party to
replace the late Audu after the demise of the governorship candidate,
following INEC’s declaration of the Kogi governorship poll inconclusive.
It
was gathered last night that although Bello had been nominated and his
name submitted to INEC late Friday evening, some powerful stakeholders
in the APC want his name replaced with that of late Audu’s running mate,
Hon. James Faleke.
It was learnt that the bid by the party to
present Bello as its new candidate reached a stalemate yesterday when
leader of the party and former Lagos State Governor, Bola Tinubu was
said to have insisted that it was either Faleke or no one else stepped
into the late Audu’s shoes.
A reliable source in the party told
LEADERSHIP that when it became glaring that Tinubu and other
stakeholders angling for Faleke would not budge an inch, the national
chairman of the party, Chief John Oyegun told them that with their fixed
position, the development indicates that the APC might end up not
having any candidate for the Kogi supplementary governorship election
slated for this Saturday.
The source, a senior party official, who
sought anonymity because of the sensitive nature of the matter, told
LEADERSHIP last night that if care was not taken, the party may yield to
the pressure by the stakeholders who are insisting on Faleke’s
candidacy because of the allegation against Bello that he is a mole in
the APC working for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
He said,
“The argument being canvassed now is that it should not be Bello because
he allegedly worked against the late Audu’s bid to become governor.
There is so much pressure on us to withdraw Bello’s candidacy in view of
the crisis that the choice has generated as well as the fierce protest
it is causing in Kogi State.
“Right now, we are at a crossroad
because nothing has divided the party like the choice of governorship
candidate for the Kogi supplementary poll. Our only saving grace is that
INEC has given the party till Tuesday (tomorrow) to take a final stand
on the matter.
“As we speak, national leader of the party, Asiwaju
Tinubu and his group are insisting on the withdrawal of Yahaya Bello,
while another group supporting Bello are also kicking that Bello’s
nomination remained. The chairman is presently confused and threatening
to withdraw Bello’s name and Falake’s thereby leaving the party without
any candidate,” our source said.
The party stakeholders insisting
on Faleke’s candidacy are contending that he deserves it because he was
everywhere with the late Audu campaigning vigorously for the election,
and that it would be unfair to deny him what he laboured for and favour
someone who was even working against the APC candidate and the party’s
interest.
INEC gives tomorrow as deadline
Meanwhile,
INEC has given APC Tuesday (tomorrow) deadline to present a replacement
for its late governorship candidate, Prince Abubakar Audu, for the Kogi
State supplementary election on December 5.
This was disclosed by INEC’s director of voter education and publicity, Mr Oluwole Osaze-Uzzi.
He also said he is unaware that a replacement has been submitted by the APC over the weekend.
INEC
had last Tuesday granted the APC permission to fill the vacancy created
by the death of Audu, same day it declared that the supplementary
governorship election will hold on December 5.
The commission,
while acknowledging that the party has officially written to it over the
demise of its governorship candidate, notified the 22 political other
parties that participated in the November 21 election of the date for
the supplementary poll.
When asked if the APC has submitted a replacement ahead of the supplementary election, Osaze-Uzzi said, “I am not aware”.
He however disclosed that Tuesday was the deadline given to the APC to submit its replacement for its late candidate.
Kogi: Okun elders support Bello for APC ticket
Members
of the Okun Elders Forum in Kogi State have declared their support for
Alhaji Yahaya Bello as their preferred candidate to fill the vacuum
created by the death of the APC governorship candidate, Prince Abubakar
Audu, in the yet to be concluded governorship election in the state.
The
forum’s spokesman, Chief Funsho Atale, in a statement in Ibadan
yesterday, made available to newsmen, hinged their position on the need
to move the state forward and in tandem with democratic principles.
“The elders took the position in the interest of the party, Kogi State and Okunland,” he said.
He
added that based on these, the elders decided to throw their weight
behind Yahaya Bello as the gubernatorial candidate of the APC,” their
statement read.
The elders, including Chief P. S. Alabi, Chief
(Hon) Remi Ogga and Engr. Dele Abu, urged the leadership of the APC to
align various interest groups to rally support for the candidature of
Yahaya Bello and ensure victory for the party during the remaining
election slated for 5th December, so as to move the state forward.
The
elders noted that this is not the best time for political horse trading
as all hands must be on deck to get Kogi State back to the path of
growth and development.
Ahmadu Ali escapes lynching at Audu’s funeral prayers
Former
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chairman, Senator Ahmadu Ali, yesterday
at the eighth-day prayer for the late political gladiator, Prince
Abubakar Audu, escaped death by the whiskers at Ogbonicha, Ofu local
government area of Kogi State.
Senator Ahmadu Ali was among those who had been pencilled down as one of the enemies of progress in Igala kingdom.
The
former PDP chairman was chased and stoned by irate youths suspected to
be supporters of the APC who were said to be piqued by Senator Ali’s
several comments on the podium during PDP campaigns.
Despite the
advice of Mohammed Abubakar Audu, Ahmadu Ali and Senator Nicholas Yahaya
Ugbane had their jeeps vadalised and clothes torn as the youths could
not control their anger against these personalities who fall on the list
of enemies of Igalaland.
Mohammed Abubakar had told the irate
youths to sheathe their swords, stating that it was not in the interest
of the dead political gladiator.
Prominent among those who graced
the eighth-day prayer at Ogbonicha, Ofu local government of Kogi State
were the governor of Niger State, Sani Bello, deputy governor of Kogi
State, Yomi Awoniyi, Sheik Shehu Ishiaka, Hon Rabiu Alfa of Kogi House
of Assembly, and Suleiman Adam, chief imam of Ankpa who urged the people
to accept Audu’s death.
Source: Leadership
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