APC Governorship Candidate For Kogi State, Abubakar Audu, Will Be Buried Tomorrow In His Hometown

Abubakar Audu, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the November 21 governorship election of Kogi state, is dead.

A source confirmed this to TheCable, saying he died after suffering stroke on two different occasions on Sunday. Audu, who was said to have complained of stomach cramp before going to bed last night, suffered a stroke around 9am on Sunday.

The source added that he suffered the second stroke after the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared the election inconclusive.

APC Governorship candidate for Kogi state, Abubakar Audu, will be buried tomorrow in his hometown.

NEC returning officer for the election, Prof. Emmanuel Kucha of Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi, said no party could be declared the winner yet since the numbers of cancelled votes was more than the difference between the first placed Prince Abubakar Audu of APC and the second placed Capt. Idris Wada of PDP.

Should the election not have been declared inconclusive the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Abubakar Audu, ought to have be declared the winner of the Kogi State Governorship election that was held on Saturday.

Prince Abubakar Audu, was the first Executive Governor of Kogi State and was born on 27 October 1947, to the family of his Royal Highness, the late Pa Audu Oyidi, Orego Atta of Igala Land and the paramount ruler of Ogbonicha-Alloma in Ofu Local Government Area of Kogi State.

He started his education at the then N.A. Junior Primary School, Alloma, and later N.A Senior School Ankpa, from where he proceeded to Dennis Memorial Grammar School, Onitsha. He later transferred to the Jos Commercial College where he obtained both the GCE O and A level.