That the APC gubernatorial hopeful, Abubakar Audu who was
being touted to be in early lead in the yet to be concluded Kogi election today
is dead is no longer news, what’s yet to be told is how the controversial
former governor died of stroke this afternoon, Sunday, November, 22nd,
2015 after hearing the bad news that, the election is inconclusive.
According to family sources, Prince
Abubakar Audu, his health predicament began yesterday when he was said to have complained
of stomach cramps before going to bed, “he complained of stomach cramps last
night, Saturday, November, 21st, 2015 and we all thought it’s
something normal owing to the stress of the forthcoming election, but he went
to bed and nothing happened”, the source told National Enquirer.
We gathered reliably that trouble
started however when Prince Audu woke up this morning looking very pale and
jittery, he subsequently suffered stroke this morning around 9am but was
slightly okay and was able to manage his health to the polling booth where he
got accredited and later voted.
The source told National Enquirer that,
the politician who was said to be 72 years old had been so anxious about the
outcome of the election so much so that, he kept compelling his aides to get feed
backs from all LGs and by all possible means.
Later in the afternoon, after the
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared the election
inconclusive, Audu suffered another stroke and when people around him sensed
that, it was getting out of hand, they decided to rush him to Abuja for necessary
medical attention in a bid to save his life “by fire by force” and it was on
their way to Abuja that he died of cardiac arrest.
It would be recalled that, the
politician had faced tough and stringent criticism over his candidacy as the
APC guber aspirant for the Kogi 2015 election with so many groups kicking
against candidature and even integrity due to the account of his last
stewardship.
The 72 year old is survived
by wives and children.
The Constitutional Crises
The death of the APC guber candidate in Kogi State, Prince
Audu has caused serious constitutional crises as our electoral act didn’t envisage
this, so, the faith of the party-APC and that of the deputy of the deceased,
Mr. Faleke is not yet known in the on-going election.
But National Enquirer spoke to a constitutional lawyer,
Barrister Monday Ubani and according to him, “yeah it is true that, there’s no
provision for this in the electoral act, but as it is, what will happen is
that, the election will go on, the party will go on with the election because no
one has been declared victor or vanquish, and at the end of the day, if APC
wins, the deputy will emerge as the substantive governor and choose who runs as
his deputy” his words.
Jite Usman
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