The All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate in the
inconclusive Kogi governorship election, PrinceAbubakar
Audu, is feared dead, VANGUARD is
reporting.
The Independent National Electoral
Commission, INEC, declared the election inconclusive on Sunday after the media had widely
reported that Audu won the with 240, 867 votes in 16 out of the 21 Local
Government Areas of the State.
Declaring the election inconclusive, the INEC Returning Officer,
Prof. Emmanuel Kucha of Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi, said the
total number of cancelled votes was higher than the margin between Audu and the
runner up, Governor Idris Wada of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, who got a
total of 199, 514 votes.
The number of registered
voters in the polling units where INEC canceled elections is 49, 953 while the
margin between the votes polled by both candidates is 41, 353.
Details later…
****UPDATE****
The APC Senator representing
Kaduna Central, Senator Shehu Sani and the United Kingdom chapter of the APC
some few minutes ago confirmed Audu’s death via their respective Twitter
handles.
Abubakar
Audu;Victory and tragedy.We mourn,We mourn a dogged fighter,a resilient optimist.
— Senator Shehu Sani (@shehusani) November
22, 2015
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