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Kogi: Faleke rejects Bello, insists on mandate

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The All Progressives Congress (APC) running mate in the governorship election in Kogi State, Mr. Abiodun Faleke, has rejected the adoption of Alhaji Yahaya Bello as replacement for the late Prince Abubakar Audu.

Faleke, a member of the House of Representatives stated this in a letter he wrote to the party’s national chairman, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun.

Faleke, who was reacting to the choice of Bello by the APC, insisted that he is not prepared to give up his ‘mandate’ for any reason whatsoever.

According to him, he is the rightful person to step into the late Audu’s shoes, pleading for the application of the ‘doctrine of necessity’ used in the crisis that trailed the demise of President Umaru Yar’Adua in 2010.

Faleke, in the letter written on his behalf by his counsel, Chief Wole Olanipekun said: “In the eyes of the Constitution and the law, our client is the governor-elect of Kogi State. There is no gainsaying this fact. It is a truism that cannot be discountenanced”.

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