Governor Abubakar of All progressive
Congress (APC) governorship candidate has been declared dead. According to
Sahara Reporters, the gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress
(APC) in Kogi state, Mr. Abubakar Audu died of undisclosed medical reasons
shortly after the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared his
victory at the elections inconclusive.
Meanwhile he was reported to have been
leading with 40,000 votes which make him to be on the bright side of the
inconclusive election by the Electoral body. This News is the first of its kind
in Nigeria History, what happens afterward is question from young and old in
Nigeria at this moment A political Analyst Barr James Anoje said."Section
181(1) Of the CFRN 1999 takes effect. The Deputy
Governor will be sworn in. This is what S.181(1) says: "if a person duly
elected as Governor before taking and subscribing the oath of allegiance and
oath of office, or is unable for any reason whatsoever to be sworn in, the
person elected with him a Dep. Gov hall be sworn in ."" (b) If a
candidate in a runoff election dies or is declared ineligible before runoff
election day, the candidate's name shall be placed on the runoff election
ballot".
Sources say Audu complained of stomach cramps before going to bed
last night. He subsequently suffered a stroke this morning around 9am. Later in
the afternoon, after the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)
declared the election inconclusive, Audu suffered another stroke and passed
away. The 68 year old is survived by wives and children.
While many is still of the believe that he
is alive hale and hearty, Wikipedia on line has recently changed the status of
the demise to *Deceased*
Wikipedia's report "Prince Abubakar Audu (born 1947) was twice the Governor of Nigeria's Kogi state. His first tenure was from January 1992 until November 1993 and the second from 29 May 1999 to 29 May 2003. He reportedly died, on the 22nd November, 2015, while seeking re-election on the platform of Nigeria's ruling party, the All Progressives Congress (APC)."
More detail...
Daniel Isa, Abubakar Audu's Campaign Director-General at about 6:30 pm this evening confirms Audu's death on phone when our correspondent spoke with Daniel Isa, Audu's campaign director-general said, "Yes, Audu is dead. I can confirm that to you.
"He died this (Sunday) evening. All I can say now is that Audu is dead, but I don't know what killed him until post mortem is conducted on Audu's remains."
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