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Crisis Looms As Faleke Declines To Pair With Allege Audu's Replacement by shegxy9(m): 6:40am On Dec 01, 2015
James Faleke, late Abubakar Audu’s running mate in Kogi state governorship poll, has written a letter to Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, the APC national chairman. According to Faleke, he is not a party to supplementary poll to decide the next governor of Kogi state after a leading candidate Prince Abubakar Audu died on Sunday, November 22. Faleke believes that since the November 21 governorship election produced the candidates of the APC as clear winners, there was no need for a supplementary poll, The Nation reports. He also declined to pair with Alhaji Yahaya Bello, who was allegedly named the APC’s candidate for the supplementary election on Saturday, November 28, insisting that he should be declared governor-elect on the APC platform.
According to him, he said rather than substitute its late standard bearer at the governorship election for the purpose of a supplementary election, the party ought to have urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to declare it the winner of the poll since the expected results from the scheduled election would be inconsequential. Faleke’s letter to Odigie-Oyegun reads: “Please take this letter as confirmation to dissociate myself from the unusual and strange supplementary nomination of my humble self as running mate to Alhaji Yahaya Bello, this also serves as a notice of rejection of the purported and illegal nomination of myself as running mate to Alhaji Yahaya Bello. “It would amount to a betrayal of trust and injustice on the part of the party to pick Bello who. “I wish to put it on record that I was neither consulted by anybody before my name was submitted as running mate to a man who has since the conduct of primaries, abandoned the party, took the party to court, worked for the PDP, thereby causing our party to lose his polling unit 80 votes to his ally party PDPs 116, repeating same feat at the Ward level with APC scoring 1,146 to PDP’s 2,058. “While it is true that the said Alhaji Yahaya Bello participated in our party primaries, it’s trite that party primaries are conducted to produce a candidate and once a candidate is produced, the congress, being an ad-hoc tool for that purpose, should automatically extinguish. “It is clear from this injustice, that our party is on the path of rewarding disloyalty and discourage loyalty through this act of impunity for which we all fought the PDP. “It may also interest you Mr. Chairman Sir, that the said Yahaya Bello, since the conduct of the primaries, had been aloof from party activities as it is on record that he did not attend a single meeting or campaign rally of the party. “Mr. Chairman Sir, I am sure that it is neither in your interest, nor that of the party in particular and the public in general to lord an illegality on the people of Kogi state. “Please, take note that I am not interested in surrendering the mandate the people of Kogi State bestowed on the Audu/Faleke joint ticket at the November 21 poll as I remain the governor-elect. “I believe in the leadership of our great party to resolve this in the shortest possible time, failure upon which I shall be forced to seek redress in the court of law.” Faleke maintained that the idea of a supplementary election should not arise because the APC had already won the governorship slot by polling 240, 867 to beat Governor Idris Wada of the PDP who polled 199, 514. According to him, there was no way, the outstanding votes could sway the poll’s results, adding that only 25,000 of the 49, 353 registered voters from 91 units from 18 council areas where the supplementary election would take place have their Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs). He said: “Information at my disposal from the National Secretary of our party, the All Progressives Congress and my telephone conversation with your good self, confirmed to me that the party had issued INEC form and submitted my name as running mate to Alhaji Yahaya Bello in the forthcoming unusual and strange supplementary election scheduled for 5th December, 2015, covering 91 polling units in Kogi state to elect a “supplementary governor”. “Mr. Chairman, you may recall that an election was conducted on the November 21, 2015, in which I was running mate to the late Prince Abubakar Audu: I therefore remain fully committed to that joint ticket which received the blessings of the party leadership, including your good self, evident from your attendance at the campaign rallies to ensure total victory for your great party through which the people of Kogi State massively and overwhelmingly voted for us. “Following the demise of my principal after the announcement of results from the polling units, wards, local government areas and the state, our party had highest number of votes of 240, 867 against PDP’s 199, 514, thus creating a difference of 41, 353 votes between the two leading parties. On the strength of this, I hereby state clearly that I remain the governor- elect of Kogi State on the platform of our great party.”
Re: Crisis Looms As Faleke Declines To Pair With Allege Audu's Replacement by ORACLE1975(m): 6:42am On Dec 01, 2015
BETTER
Re: Crisis Looms As Faleke Declines To Pair With Allege Audu's Replacement by nobilis: 6:45am On Dec 01, 2015
I wonder if those APC goons think from their anus.

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Re: Crisis Looms As Faleke Declines To Pair With Allege Audu's Replacement by Nobody: 6:48am On Dec 01, 2015
Lol so the APC will go into the Dec 5 Governorship poll without a Dep Gov Candidiate? Congratulations in advance to the PDP!!

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Re: Crisis Looms As Faleke Declines To Pair With Allege Audu's Replacement by arsetalks(m): 6:52am On Dec 01, 2015
APC are been stupid with this move. I wonder why they seem not to have any iota of crisis solving technic. It is annoying but good in a way as they make the wailers wail incessantly.

Faleke should be the the governor elect. It is simple logic.

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Re: Crisis Looms As Faleke Declines To Pair With Allege Audu's Replacement by kossyablaze(m): 6:53am On Dec 01, 2015
Smh
Re: Crisis Looms As Faleke Declines To Pair With Allege Audu's Replacement by arsetalks(m): 6:53am On Dec 01, 2015
chukwudi44:
Lol so the APC will go into the Dec 5 Governorship poll without a Dep Gov Candidiate? Congratulations in advance to the PDP!!
That's what you wish. Just like you this the parliamentary impasse will break the party but never did, you will be proved wrong once again.
Re: Crisis Looms As Faleke Declines To Pair With Allege Audu's Replacement by macolino(m): 6:55am On Dec 01, 2015
Confusion in the Apc camp,4days to election...I see this as a work over
Re: Crisis Looms As Faleke Declines To Pair With Allege Audu's Replacement by abram10: 6:55am On Dec 01, 2015
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Re: Crisis Looms As Faleke Declines To Pair With Allege Audu's Replacement by Nobody: 7:00am On Dec 01, 2015
At least he is not a traitor like some peeps.

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Re: Crisis Looms As Faleke Declines To Pair With Allege Audu's Replacement by Sanuzi(m): 7:21am On Dec 01, 2015
Waiting for Season 2
shegxy9:
James Faleke, late Abubakar Audu’s running
mate in Kogi state governorship poll, has
written a letter to Chief John Odigie-Oyegun,
the APC national chairman.
According to Faleke, he is not a party to
supplementary poll to decide the next governor
of Kogi state after a leading candidate Prince
Abubakar Audu died on Sunday, November 22.
Faleke believes that since the November 21
governorship election produced the candidates
of the APC as clear winners, there was no need
for a supplementary poll, The Nation reports.
He also declined to pair with Alhaji Yahaya
Bello, who was allegedly named the APC’s
candidate for the supplementary election on
Saturday, November 28, insisting that he
should be declared governor-elect on the APC
platform.

According to him, he said rather than
substitute its late standard bearer at the
governorship election for the purpose of a
supplementary election, the party ought to
have urged the Independent National Electoral
Commission (INEC) to declare it the winner of
the poll since the expected results from the
scheduled election would be inconsequential.
Faleke’s letter to Odigie-Oyegun reads: “Please
take this letter as confirmation to dissociate
myself from the unusual and strange
supplementary nomination of my humble self
as running mate to Alhaji Yahaya Bello, this
also serves as a notice of rejection of the
purported and illegal nomination of myself as
running mate to Alhaji Yahaya Bello.
“It would amount to a betrayal of trust and
injustice on the part of the party to pick Bello
who.
“I wish to put it on record that I was neither
consulted by anybody before my name was
submitted as running mate to a man who has
since the conduct of primaries, abandoned the
party, took the party to court, worked for the
PDP, thereby causing our party to lose his
polling unit 80 votes to his ally party PDPs
116, repeating same feat at the Ward level with
APC scoring 1,146 to PDP’s 2,058.
“While it is true that the said Alhaji Yahaya
Bello participated in our party primaries, it’s
trite that party primaries are conducted to
produce a candidate and once a candidate is
produced, the congress, being an ad-hoc tool
for that purpose, should automatically
extinguish.
“It is clear from this injustice, that our party is
on the path of rewarding disloyalty and
discourage loyalty through this act of impunity
for which we all fought the PDP.
“It may also interest you Mr. Chairman Sir, that
the said Yahaya Bello, since the conduct of the
primaries, had been aloof from party activities
as it is on record that he did not attend a
single meeting or campaign rally of the party.
“Mr. Chairman Sir, I am sure that it is neither
in your interest, nor that of the party in
particular and the public in general to lord an
illegality on the people of Kogi state.
“Please, take note that I am not interested in
surrendering the mandate the people of Kogi
State bestowed on the Audu/Faleke joint ticket
at the November 21 poll as I remain the
governor-elect.
“I believe in the leadership of our great party to
resolve this in the shortest possible time,
failure upon which I shall be forced to seek
redress in the court of law.”
Faleke maintained that the idea of a
supplementary election should not arise
because the APC had already won the
governorship slot by polling 240, 867 to beat
Governor Idris Wada of the PDP who polled
199, 514.
According to him, there was no way, the
outstanding votes could sway the poll’s results,
adding that only 25,000 of the 49, 353
registered voters from 91 units from 18 council
areas where the supplementary election would
take place have their Permanent Voter Cards
(PVCs).
He said: “Information at my disposal from the
National Secretary of our party, the All
Progressives Congress and my telephone
conversation with your good self, confirmed to
me that the party had issued INEC form and
submitted my name as running mate to Alhaji
Yahaya Bello in the forthcoming unusual and
strange supplementary election scheduled for
5th December, 2015, covering 91 polling units
in Kogi state to elect a “supplementary
governor”.
“Mr. Chairman, you may recall that an election
was conducted on the November 21, 2015, in
which I was running mate to the late Prince
Abubakar Audu: I therefore remain fully
committed to that joint ticket which received
the blessings of the party leadership, including
your good self, evident from your attendance at
the campaign rallies to ensure total victory for
your great party through which the people of
Kogi State massively and overwhelmingly voted
for us.
“Following the demise of my principal after the
announcement of results from the polling units,
wards, local government areas and the state,
our party had highest number of votes of 240,
867 against PDP’s 199, 514, thus creating a
difference of 41, 353 votes between the two
leading parties. On the strength of this, I
hereby state clearly that I remain the governor-
elect of Kogi State on the platform of our great
party.”
Re: Crisis Looms As Faleke Declines To Pair With Allege Audu's Replacement by Teryfik(m): 7:29am On Dec 01, 2015
Kogi is becomin a centre of attraction.....xo wat apens next??d big question on everione's lip
Re: Crisis Looms As Faleke Declines To Pair With Allege Audu's Replacement by kettykin: 7:37am On Dec 01, 2015
Pride going before a terrific fall
Re: Crisis Looms As Faleke Declines To Pair With Allege Audu's Replacement by gajike: 8:52am On Dec 01, 2015
Let Apc call Audu son mohammed to join bello. i know he will grab the offer. Case closed.

Note i am very sure buhari is solidly behind bello. Apc initially said they will do fresh primary but knowing fully well bello will still loose to an igala or faleke. They change gear and hold on to old primary by choosing runner up.

I dont beleuve in judiciary system of nigeria. Anything goes especially if presidency is imtrested. Who born d judge. Faleke dont waste your money.
Tinubu call faleke to order
Its a double standard if.faleke is right to chalenge his party decision while.saraki is wrong.

Buhari hmmmm. Slow silence.but diplimatic.
I belive he personally contact inec.to cancel that election. I could remember he never raised audu hand.aa flag bearer. He never attend his campaign.
If buhari want bello though its.impunity of highest order nothing will change that. Nigeria judiciary system is soo curupt that u cant guarantee fair play.
Re: Crisis Looms As Faleke Declines To Pair With Allege Audu's Replacement by comos: 9:57am On Dec 01, 2015
chukwudi44:
Lol so the APC will go into the Dec 5 Governorship poll without a Dep Gov Candidiate? Congratulations in advance to the PDP!!
Yahaya should nominate another Deputy.
Re: Crisis Looms As Faleke Declines To Pair With Allege Audu's Replacement by Nobody: 10:10am On Dec 01, 2015
comos:

Yahaya should nominate another Deputy.
Faleke is not dead... What would be d reason for substituting his name??
Re: Crisis Looms As Faleke Declines To Pair With Allege Audu's Replacement by comos: 10:48am On Dec 01, 2015
olatunji21:

Faleke is not dead... Who would be d reason for substituting his name??
Yahaya is free to choose his deputy.
It is in-line with the constitution.
Re: Crisis Looms As Faleke Declines To Pair With Allege Audu's Replacement by 9jatriot(m): 11:14am On Dec 01, 2015
I do not think it is as simple as that. From what I can gather from all of these debacle, APC is trying not to play into the hands of PDP when they contest the election. You recall they initially said they would conduct another primary, PDP would have easily challenge conducting another primary in the middle of an election and rendered it invalid. Next option was to choose Faleke and upgrade him to governorship candidate, but the taraba tribunal judgment against PDP is still fresh. You can not b a contestant without going through primaries, Faleke did not go through primaries. APC's hands are therefore tied to projecting the runners up in the primaries even though they suspect that he was involved in anti party activities. Faleke can only win against INEC by saying that INEC had no right to declare an already concluded election inconclusive but not against his party who had to act in the best interest of the party considering that PDP are just lurking around waiting for a misstep.
arsetalks:
APC are been stupid with this move. I wonder why they seem not to have any iota of crisis solving technic. It is annoying but good in a way as they make the wailers wail incessantly.

Faleke should be the the governor elect. It is simple logic.
Re: Crisis Looms As Faleke Declines To Pair With Allege Audu's Replacement by Nobody: 3:09pm On Dec 01, 2015
comos:

Yahaya should nominate another Deputy.

And you think that will fly in court?
Re: Crisis Looms As Faleke Declines To Pair With Allege Audu's Replacement by tolexy007(m): 3:10pm On Dec 01, 2015
grin
Re: Crisis Looms As Faleke Declines To Pair With Allege Audu's Replacement by Nobody: 3:10pm On Dec 01, 2015
comos:

Yahaya is free to choose his deputy.
It is in-line with the constitution.

Which constitution? Did that same constitution give him the power to claim another man's votes?
Re: Crisis Looms As Faleke Declines To Pair With Allege Audu's Replacement by comos: 3:30pm On Dec 01, 2015
chukwudi44:


Which constitution? Did that same constitution give him the power to claim another man's votes?
the votes belongs to the flag bearer of the party who went though the primary. Faleke was hand-picked to become his deputy.
Yahaya have more constitutional standing than faleke because he went through the primary as well, so he is free to choose whoever he likes as his running mate.
Re: Crisis Looms As Faleke Declines To Pair With Allege Audu's Replacement by donphilopus: 4:45pm On Dec 01, 2015
comos:

the votes belongs to the flag bearer of the party who went though the primary. Faleke was hand-picked to become his deputy.
Yahaya have more constitutional standing than faleke because he went through the primary as well, so he is free to choose whoever he likes as his running mate.

You want to use two different Candidates to contest an Election? So Audu/Faleke whose names were on the ballot for the first round of the polls should be substituted with Bello/Mr B for the second round of the Poll? Does that make any sense to you? I'm forced to agree with Chukwudi44 for the very first time!

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