If the deputy steps in, the election can then be contested in court....since audu is not disqualified, he should be the one to go into the supplementary

ichidodo:
We rather let the Supreme justices decide rather than money grubbing lawyers who are keen to let this imbroglio stretch further especially when you consider the hefty legal fees involved in the stretching exercise... Or since Audu is deceased and the deadline of submitting names of fresh candidates has elapsed then it behooves on INEC to remove and annul APC's candidature inaddition to declaring votes casted for the APC as wasted votes by virtue of their candidate's diqualification by death before proceeding to announce Runners up Wada as the Winner of Kogi Gubernatorial 2015

Even when elections are inconclusive? Bros take am easy abeg.

Yoruba cannot rule Kogi.

SylarsMcQuins:
Nigerians, sum1 just died for Christ sake.

Bros, that is plain truth of life. The moment one is gone, life goes on.

donTbone:
What I know and think about Kogi Election!

After Audu's death, I knew it wasn't just 'DEATH', he was killed intentionally. But I asked who might it be
Lemme start from here...Audu was actualy nominated as the APC candidate because he gained ground in Kogi state and he was really popular, not because APC of the state eventually wanna make him go for the govnorship election or because he was a very good man, NO!. And in that case, for them (APC) to win, they need someone who will win the election.

Before his death, though the election wasn't concluded yet, am sure APC won.


Now My View about the incident.

Checking from what happened, we cant say Audu was killed by an opposition party but by his own party. Looking closely, I guess their plan is:
If Audu should win the election, since they actually want his deputy as the gov, the best is to kill Audu, make his deputy be the gov then everything goes fine. But it backfired. The election is inconclusive and I don't think if there is a rerun of the voting (which I don't think there will be), APC might lose ground to PDP I Kogi state.

But my question is still...
WHY WILL THEY WANT HIM DEAD?

Your view from where you stand is narrow at best.

if the APC wanted him dead, don't you think it would have made the work easier to kill him after he has been sworn in as governor?

Do you know the man's health condition/history?

donTbone:
What I know and think about Kogi Election!

After Audu's death, I knew it wasn't just 'DEATH', he was killed intentionally. But I asked who might it be
Lemme start from here...Audu was actualy nominated as the APC candidate because he gained ground in Kogi state and he was really popular, not because APC of the state eventually wanna make him go for the govnorship election or because he was a very good man, NO!. And in that case, for them (APC) to win, they need someone who will win the election.

Before his death, though the election wasn't concluded yet, am sure APC won.


Now My View about the incident.

Checking from what happened, we cant say Audu was killed by an opposition party but by his own party. Looking closely, I guess their plan is:
If Audu should win the election, since they actually want his deputy as the gov, the best is to kill Audu, make his deputy be the gov then everything goes fine. But it backfired. The election is inconclusive and I don't think if there is a rerun of the voting (which I don't think there will be), APC might lose ground to PDP I Kogi state.

But my question is still...
WHY WILL THEY WANT HIM DEAD?

Nonsense! If it's APC that killed Audu, they would've kept the death a secret till after the election is concluded. You lack logic.

ichidodo:
We rather let the Supreme justices decide rather than money grubbing lawyers who are keen to let this imbroglio stretch further especially when you consider the hefty legal fees involved in the stretching exercise... Or since Audu is deceased and the deadline of submitting names of fresh candidates has elapsed then it behooves on INEC to remove and annul APC's candidature inaddition to declaring votes casted for the APC as wasted votes by virtue of their candidate's diqualification by death before proceeding to announce Runners up Wada as the Winner of Kogi Gubernatorial 2015

Wada did not meet up with the constitutional requirement of winning in one third of two third of the local governments to be declared winner.

ichidodo:
We rather let the Supreme justices decide rather than money grubbing lawyers who are keen to let this imbroglio stretch further especially when you consider the hefty legal fees involved in the stretching exercise... Or since Audu is deceased and the deadline of submitting names of fresh candidates has elapsed then it behooves on INEC to remove and annul APC's candidature inaddition to declaring votes casted for the APC as wasted votes by virtue of their candidate's diqualification by death before proceeding to announce Runners up Wada as the Winner of Kogi Gubernatorial 2015

See rants.

zinachidi:
pls nullify that election, the kogi people voted for audu, not faleke,..

Nullify it from your room now
Do u consider d money, time and resources.
APC has won and ther is noting anybody can do abt it.
Dis is so painful, only God knws best, its unfortunate he is goin to be buried today according to his religion so no tym for Autopsy RIP to Audu...

donTbone:

Mind you..if the trash aren't spewed sometimes, yu wont be noticed.

You might be right

zinachidi:
pls nullify that election, the kogi people voted for audu, not faleke,..

I wonder why some people can be so sentimental. Haven't you read/heard that the man Audu was very sick even before the voting exercise on Saturday? Whatever will be will be, If God says Falake will rule that state, there's nothing anyone can do. Is Faleke not from Kogi state? Dirty politicians.

DEATH AT THE POINT OF SUCCESS SHALL NOT BE OUR PORTION IJN

DONSMITH123:
Lawyers yesterday told the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) that the death of the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) does not invalide the on-going election in the state.

They urged INEC to allow the deputy governorship candidate of the APC, Abiodun Faleke, to conclude the on-going election.

The former Chairman of Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Ikeja Branch, Monday Ubani; a member of the Ogun State Judiciary Service Commission, Abayomi Omoyinmi and a lecturerý of Law at University of Lagos (UNILAG), Akoka, Wahab Shittu said the process should be concluded.

Ubani said: “Since the Electoral Act didn’t specifically provide for things like this happening in the course of an election, we would have to make recourse to the judicial pronouncement in the case of Rotimi Amaechi where the Supreme Court said in an election, it is the political party that is the beneficiary of election and not the candidate. That is why Amaechi that didn’t contest elections was sworn in.

“In this situation, the deputy governorship candidate would have to step in to conclude the process. If he wins the election, the APC would then decide on another deputy for him”.

According to Ubani, the time to choose a candidate through primary election had lapsed for all the political parties and it is not possible for any of the parties to go for primaries anymore.

Omoyinmi said: “In the eyes of the law, the deputy should ordinarily conclude the re-run election for the office of the governor and it is now left for him to pick a new running mate”.

Omoyinmi said the kind of situation in Kogi was not envisaged.

Shittu said the matter could be viewed from different perspectives.

Shittu said since the election was declared inconclusive, the running mate should be allowed to step in and conclude the process of the supplementary election.

This, he said, has become necessary because the electoral law did not envisage such an incident–Audu’s death.

On the other perspective, he said since it is the ýparty that fields the candidate, and that since the election has turned this way, the party would have to replace the governorship candidate.

“Which means that election might be conducted afresh. The death of a candidate during the process of an election automatically voids the election. It is not a question of an election being inconclusive. The entire electoral process is now altered with the death of the governorship candidate,” he said.

Constitutional lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) Malam Yusuf Ali said the situation in Kogi is “very complex, because the election has been declared inconclusive”.

He said: “If he had won the election outright, it would have been a different matter, but with the way things are, it is very delicate.”

Chief Niyi Akintola (SAN) said: “There can be fresh election. INEC can only conduct supplementary election in the 91 polling units. The death of Audu cannot nullify the election. It was APC that contested the governorship election not Audu as an individual.”

Akintola explained that it is left to the APC to pick another candidate from among those that contested the governorship primary with Audu or ask the deputy governorship candidate, James Faleke to take over.

“The decision lies with the APC,” he added.

The presidential candidate of the United Progressive Party (UPP) in the last general elections, Chief Chekwas Okorie, said it was a very shocking development that threw everybody off-balance.

He said: “ From every indication, it is a political party that wins an election; the result so far released suggests that the people of Kogi State are favourably disposed to an APC government to be in-charge of affairs in the next four years. What it therefore means is that the APC still has a chance, even his death, to govern the state, based on the result already declared.

“So, they should follow up the supplementary election with the same atmosphere of peace that we witnessed in last Saturday’s election. If their choice is the APC, then let the APC rule them in the next four years.”

Cc: lalasticlala

http://thenationonlineng.net/lawyers-to-inec-death-of-apc-candidate-does-not-invalidate-election/

henrysam:

On the ballot paper, is it the name of Audu that is printed there or the name and logo of the party?
I think it's better we think well before posting anything.
Sentiments should not over ride our reasoning

whose reasoning? Maybe urs, certainly not mine.

OrlandoOwoh:

Nonsense! If it's APC that killed Audu, they would've kept the death a secret till after the election is concluded. You lack logic.

Returning the bolded back...
And if they kept it a secret, Kogi indigene would av done the same too?
Wanna catch a thief, think like one... That's the logic!

Yomboy4ever:



Nullify it from your room now
Do u consider d money, time and resources.
APC has won and ther is noting anybody can do abt it.
Dis is so painful, only God knws best, its unfortunate he is goin to be buried today according to his religion so no tym for Autopsy RIP to Audu...

maybe u should mind ur business, i wasnt talking to u. Keep ur opinions to urself.

I agree with that.

donTbone:
What I know and think about Kogi Election!

After Audu's death, I knew it wasn't just 'DEATH', he was killed intentionally. But I asked who might it be

But my question is still...
WHY WILL THEY WANT HIM DEAD?

Your questions have invalidated your hypothesis

Simply put, Audu died a natural death.
ANYBODY CAN DIE ANYTIME

Apc and their useless press outfit. According to law, the running mate did not contest the primary. Apc will have to conduct another primary to choose another candidate. They can forward Audu running mate if they like

ayindejimmy:


Your questions have invalidated your hypothesis

Simply put, Audu died a natural death.
ANYBODY CAN DIE ANYTIME

My hypothesis is on how he died,
my question is why they want him dead!
ANd if its natural, RIP for him anyways!

donTbone:
What I know and think about Kogi Election!

After Audu's death, I knew it wasn't just 'DEATH', he was killed intentionally. But I asked who might it be
Lemme start from here...Audu was actualy nominated as the APC candidate because he gained ground in Kogi state and he was really popular, not because APC of the state eventually wanna make him go for the govnorship election or because he was a very good man, NO!. And in that case, for them (APC) to win, they need someone who will win the election.

Before his death, though the election wasn't concluded yet, am sure APC won.


Now My View about the incident.

Checking from what happened, we cant say Audu was killed by an opposition party but by his own party. Looking closely, I guess their plan is:
If Audu should win the election, since they actually want his deputy as the gov, the best is to kill Audu, make his deputy be the gov then everything goes fine. But it backfired. The election is inconclusive and I don't think if there is a rerun of the voting (which I don't think there will be), APC might lose ground to PDP I Kogi state.

But my question is still...
WHY WILL THEY WANT HIM DEAD?

Nice "wonderings"!

Now, since there are ALWAYS TWO SIDES to a COIN, let us look at it from "another Angle":

1.) Audu was on-course to win the election. That much we both agree upon.

2.) Audu represents the and was filled by the APC. Audu is contesting against a PDP candidate

3.) If Audu dies on his way to winning the election, APC will claim he has NOT won the election

4.) INEC is already playing out this script by declaring the election as "INCONCLUSIVE" when it is very obvious and established in law, based on precedents, that it is a party that actually holds the mandate of such election. That is, irrespective of which candidate is fielded, the party is a guardian of the mandate and can replace candidates while still retaining its mandate. \

5.) INEC has no right to declare such election "inconclusive" since the Kogi people have casted their votes and the "vote-casting process" has COMPLETED conclusively, irrespective of whether Audu dies or not and his death has "no bearing" on the Vote Count.

6.) A very important element of Criminal investigation is the postulate of MOTIVE.
Motive exposes those/who could benefit from the commission of a crime. That is, the "beneficiaries" of crime, always fall within the circle of those with the motive
Put in another way, if you have a "Benefit", then you have a "Motive"

7.) His family said he was vomiting BLOOD, before he died. as against the lie some Newspapers are peddling that he dies of cardiac arrest! Cardiac Arrest death does not involve vomiting Blood!.... that is a symptom of "ingested Poison".

8.) Going by the fact that Audu was poisoned, we can now ask:

a.) Does his PDP opponent has a BENEFIT from his death? Well, as we have seen, his death means the PDP opponent has a chance since otherwise, he would have been declared the LOOSER of the election by now

b.) Since he has something to gain by Audu's death (benefit), then we can conclude reasonably, that "he has a motive" to see Audu DEAD!
That would give him another chance for a re-run, which he thinks he might also win.


As for not wanting Audu to be the Governorship candidate, the APC was mindful of his political past but had to give-in since it seems the people of Kogi are in-love with him. ... and they have showed it in their voting pattern.
This does not mean that APC would actually go as far as killing their own "winning candidate"!?
[size=14pt]That is Hogwash. [/size]

If they actually want to do that, they would wait till he was sworn-in as Governor, then kill him so that his Deputy will just assume the seat,... not do it before he is inaugurated.
[size=14pt]Your assertion and position lacks any sense of Logic[/size]

I am sure that APC is also aware of this possible "backlash' should a re-run be ordered and would not even try running the risk of killing their own Candidate who is popular with the electorates.

Its like in Lagos State in 2011: Tinubu does not want Fashola to have a second term but he has no choice than to bow to the will of Lagosians (Egba, a ti fun yin o! Take, l have given him to you! ).
Will Tinubu go as far as poisoning Fashola, just to make that point of not wanting him? NO.


*PDP has pulled a "fast one" on the people of Kogi and Nigeria in general.
*PDP has been described as a "NEST OF KILLERS" ... even by their own party members, in the past.
*Like a cliché says, "The Apple does not fall far away from the Apple Tree".

*Everything points to PDP and their candidate, poisoning Audu, to get a re-run and boost their chance.



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Mee234:
Apc and their useless press outfit. According to law, the running mate did not contest the primary. Apc will have to conduct another primary to choice another candidate. They can forward Audu running mate if they like

Let's hear from Barrister Ubani.


“Since the Electoral Act didn’t specifically provide for things like this happening in the course of an election, we would have to make recourse to the judicial pronouncement in the case of Rotimi Amaechi where the Supreme Court said in an election, it is the political party that is the beneficiary of election and not the candidate. That is why Amaechi that didn’t contest elections was sworn in."


So,if someone that didn't contest election was sworn-in, how much more the running mate that contested the election?

donTbone:
What I know and think about Kogi Election!

After Audu's death, I knew it wasn't just 'DEATH', he was killed intentionally. But I asked who might it be
Lemme start from here...Audu was actualy nominated as the APC candidate because he gained ground in Kogi state and he was really popular, not because APC of the state eventually wanna make him go for the govnorship election or because he was a very good man, NO!. And in that case, for them (APC) to win, they need someone who will win the election.

Before his death, though the election wasn't concluded yet, am sure APC won.


Now My View about the incident.

Checking from what happened, we cant say Audu was killed by an opposition party but by his own party. Looking closely, I guess their plan is:
If Audu should win the election, since they actually want his deputy as the gov, the best is to kill Audu, make his deputy be the gov then everything goes fine. But it backfired. The election is inconclusive and I don't think if there is a rerun of the voting (which I don't think there will be), APC might lose ground to PDP I Kogi state.

But my question is still...
WHY WILL THEY WANT HIM DEAD?

Maybe he refuse to bow to the powers that hold the party. The terms & conditions given might not be reconcilable by both Mr audu & his political dons. But what if he wasn't killed ? Could be a coincidence

lastpage:



Nice "wonderings"!

Now, since there are ALWAYS TWO SIDES to a COIN, let us look at it from "another Angle":

1.) Audu was on-course to win the election. That much we both agree upon.

2.) Audu represents the and was filled by the APC. Audu is contesting against a PDP candidate

3.) If Audu dies on his way to winning the election, APC will claim he has NOT won the election

4.) INEC is already playing out this script by declaring the election as "INCONCLUSIVE" when it is very obvious and established in law, based on precedents, that it is a party that actually holds the mandate of such election. That is, irrespective of which candidate is fielded, the party is a guardian of the mandate and can replace candidates while still retaining its mandate. \

5.) INEC has no right to declare such election "inconclusive" since the Kogi people have casted their votes and the "vote-casting process" has COMPLETED conclusively, irrespective of whether Audu dies or not and his death has "no bearing" on the Vote Count.

6.) A very important element of Criminal investigation is the postulate of MOTIVE.
Motive exposes those/who could benefit from the commission of a crime. That is, the "beneficiaries" of crime, always fall within the circle of those with the motive
Put in another way, if you have a "Benefit", then you have a "Motive"

7.) His family said he was vomiting BLOOD, before he died. as against the lie some Newspapers are peddling that he dies of cardiac arrest! Cardiac Arrest death does not involve vomiting Blood!.... that is a symptom of "ingested Poison".

8.) Going by the fact that Audu was poisoned, we can now ask:

a.) Does his PDP opponent has a BENEFIT from his death? Well, as we have seen, his death means the PDP opponent has a chance since otherwise, he would have been declared the LOOSER of the election by now

b.) Since he has something to gain by Audu's death (benefit), then we can conclude reasonably, that "he has a motive" to see Audu DEAD!
That would give him another chance for a re-run, which he thinks he might also win.


As for not wanting Audu to be the Governorship candidate, the APC was mindful of his political past but had to give-in since it seems the people of Kogi are in-love with him. ... and they have showed it in their voting pattern.
This does not mean that APC would actually go as far as killing their own "winning candidate"! That is Hogwash.
If if they want to do that, they would wait til he was sworn-in as Governor, then kill him so that his Deputy will just assume the seat,... not do it before he is inaugurated. Your assertion and position lack any sense of Logic

I am sure that APC is also aware of this possible "backlash' should a re-run be ordered and would not even try running the risk of killing their own Candidate who is popular with the electorates.

Its like in Lagos State in 2011: Tinubu does not want Fashola to have a second term but he has no choice than to bow to the will of Lagosians (Egba, a ti fun yin o! Take, l have given him to you! ).
Will Tinubu go as far as poisoning Fashola, just to make that point of not wanting him? NO.


*PDP has pulled a "fast one" on the people of Kogi and Nigeria in general.
*PDP has been described as a "NEST OF KILLERS" ... even by their own party members, in the past.
*Like a cliché says, "The Apple does not fall far away from the Apple Tree".

*Everything points to PDP and their candidate, poisoning Audu, to get a re-run and boost their chance.



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Hmmmmmmmmmm. that's a good write up and a reasonable point of view.
I definitely agree with the writing from the start.
But the concluding sentence, that am not sure of!

aare07:
May Allah (SWT) forgive the departed soul on behalf of my family and all of us in Federal university Lokoja.

A soul that sinneth shall die and there is no forgiveness or repentance in the grave!

CuckoldMaster:
Yoruba cannot rule Kogi.

its time you grow up from this mentality and wake up to civilization and try something new. the igalas that have governed- what have they achieved.

donTbone:
Returning the bolded back... And if they kept it a secret, Kogi indigene would av done the same too? Wanna catch a thief, think like one... That's the logic!

You're confused.

What happened to Audu is like what happened to the likes of Sam Okwaraji and many others. Death can come at anytime if you have any health issue, which many of us have unfortunately. Sometimes not even knowing.

It can come while you are dancing, playing, praying, having intercourse, chatting, eating, driving or sleeping.
That's why they have co pilots because death has no schedule.
But unfortunately in Nigeria, no one ever die from natural causes. Whoever die, died because someone killed him or God killed him because he is a sinner in Nigeria mind set. A very religious society but so stooped in superstition and all sorts of occultism reasoning.

Even, hold your breath until their modern day suit wearing babalawos also known as pastors come up with their own theories of what their gods told them was responsible for Audu's death.
I only feel sorry for that unfortunate person who could have had the last meal, drink or even a conversation with Audu before his death.

donTbone:

Hmmmmmmmmmm. that's a good write up and a reasonable point of view.
I definitely agree with the writing from the start.
But the concluding sentence, that am not sure of!

Tell me the parts you dont agree with specifically and WHY.

Let us reason together.



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I edited and "emphasised" some lines there.

zinachidi:
pls nullify that election, the kogi people voted for audu, not faleke,..

They voted for APC not Audu.

The electoral process this year has been scrutinized,reviewed and far stretched in terms of judicial applications and interpretation.

We've had quite of number of scenarios that implicate a win for democracy in Nigeria.

Whatever is the outcome of this one,it will serve to answer any such confusion in the future.

Eziachi:
What happened to Auduis like what happened to the likes of Sam Okwaraji and many others. Death can come at anytime if you have any health issue, which many of us have unfortunately. Sometimes not even knowing.

It can come while you are dancing, playing, praying, having intercourse, chatting, eating, driving or sleeping.
That's why they have co pilots because death has no schedule..

So, if your Brother who was healthy, dispalyed wholesome health and not known to be sick in anyway ...suddenly starts VOMITING BLOOD and DIED immediately afterwards, "YOU" will say "All is well, anybody can die at anytime"?

Abeegi, let us not stand "reason" on its head.

Death by vomiting blood is NOT NORMAL
There is a cause, most likely internal Haemorrhage resulting from "ingestion of Poison" or "a forceful impact" to the internal organs. .
That's a 'No Brainer', as we say.



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