remember visit http://davesblog.over-blog.com for more news updates and lifestyle tips. Yahaya Bello was
declared winner of
the 2015 Kogi state
gubernatorial election
on the platform of
the All Progressives Congress (APC)
following the death of
Abubakar Audu,
former candidate. Bello emerged the
governor before
his victory was challenged
at the Court of Appeal by
James Faleke (APC former
deputy governorship candidate) and Idris Wada,
former governor of Kogi
state and the
governorship candidate of
the Peoples Democratic
Party. Today, the Supreme Court would delivering judgment on the political logjam in
the state Here are 4 reasons the
APC can’t afford to lose
Kogi state. 1. A test of the
change mantra The word ‘change’
adopted by the All
Progressives Congress
(APC) in its presidential
electoral campaign has
been perceived negatively by the people under the
present administration
due to the state of the
economy. The hope of the people
for a better economy
other than the previous
administration made them
usher in a new political
party in power and failure to take up to their
responsibilities of effecting
a positive change will
make people lose their
expectation in the party. 2. Kogi is a strategic
north-central state The state is central
region of Nigeria which is
popularly called the
confluence state because
the River Niger and River
Benue is at its capital, Lokoja. Moreover, Kogi is
the only state in Nigeria
which shares a boundary
with ten other states,
including the federal
capital territory (Abuja). Losing the state to PDP
would mean losing a
strategic north-central
state. 3. To prove the party
can win election even
with recession The APC cannot afford to
lose Kogi in this current
state of economic
recession. Since recession
under this administration
could serve as a loop hole for the opposition party
to have an edge gaining
the confidence of the
masses. The party ought
to strive to assure the
masses even though the nation experiencing
recession. 4. To show that the
party is unified in
spite of current crisis Some of the state
chapters of the APC are
currently having crisis. For
example, in Kogi state,
James Faleke, who is an
APC member is fighting to be declared winner of the
governorship election. He
was Abubakar Audu’s
running mate before his
sudden death. At this
point, the APC needs to put its house together
before it starts breaking
into warring factions. f it
loes Kogi state, it would
give the opposition PDP
an upper hand. Unity is one major thing
political parties shouldn’t
do away with, because
their unity in turbulent
times is every important
in order not to allow their opponent use the
division against them. http://davesblog.over-blog.com/2016/09/4-reasons-apc-cannot-afford-to-kogi-state.html

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http://davesblog.over-blog.com/2016/09/breaking-supreme-court-affirms-yahaya-bello-as-the-winner-of-kogi-election.html. The Supreme Court gave
its verdict on the Kogi
election tussle today,
September 20 – The decision of the apex
court favoured Governor
Yahaya Bello – The camp of the
governor is already in
jubilant mood The Supreme Court has affirmed
the election of Governor Yahaya
Bello as the authentic governor
of Kogi state, Justice Kekere Ekun who
pronounced the judgement said
Honourable James Faleke’s
appeal lacks merit and thereby
dismissed. She also said that the ruling of
the lower court dismissing his
appeal earlier is upheld. The
seven panel of judges who
unanimously agreed to the
judgement said reasons for the judgement will be given on
September 30. Likewise, the appeal by former
governor of Kogi state Idris
Wada has been dismissed. Governor Bello election affirmed
by the Supreme Court Today’s judgement on the
November 2015 Kogi
gubernatorial comes after series
of appeals filed on the matter
by the different parties
involved. Not a laughing matter for
former governor Wada Bello’s emergence as Kogi state
governor came after a former
governor of the state and the
All Progressives Congress (APC)
flag bearer Audu Abubakar died almost at the end of the
election. Abubakar’s death among many
others led to the declaration of the Kogi election as inconclusive by the Independent National
Electoral Commission (INEC). Supporters of James Faleke not
happy about the decision Following this, Abubakar’s
running mate James Faleke demanded he be automatically
declared winner following his principal’s demise. Faleke leaving the court Faleke premised his demand on
the fact that Bello only came
second in the APC primary
election and was never part of
the main election. Meanwhile, the former Kogi
state governor Idris Wada had
also argued that he be declared
the winner of the November
205 Kogi election since the APC
lost its candidate and he as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)
got the second highest votes
after Abubakar’s.