Deputy governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the November 21 election in Kogi State, Mr. James Faleke, has asked a Federal High Court in Abuja to declare him the governor-elect following the death of the party’s governorship candidate, Abubakar Audu, with whom he contested the poll.

In his suit, FHC/ABJ/CS//977/2015, filed on Tuesday, Faleke argued that by combined reading of section 179(2)(a) and (b) as well as section 181(1) of the constitution, the election conducted on November 21, had already produced Audu as governor-elect and that by virtue of Audu’s death, he (Faleke) should be sworn in as the governor.

Faleke, through the suit, filed on his behalf by his lawyers, Chief Wole Olanipekun (SAN) and Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), joined the Independent National Electoral Commission and the APC as defendants.

The suit, as of the time of filing this report on Tuesday, had yet to be assigned to a judge.

But four other suits, including the one filed by the incumbent Governor, Idris Wada, and his party, the Peoples Democratic Party, assigned to Justice Gabriel Kolawole of the same Federal High Court in Abuja, had been fixed for Thursday for hearing with judgment to follow on Friday ahead of the supplementary poll scheduled for Saturday.

With an advantage of about 41,000 votes in the declared results by INEC, Audu died on November 22 shortly after INEC said the election was inconclusive due to cancellation of votes in 91 polling units.

INEC had declared the election inconclusive because the number of registered voters about 49,000 in the 91 polling units outnumbered the victory margin in terms of the number of votes polled by the APC and the first runner-up, the PDP.

Faleke’s lawyers, who submitted nine issues to the court for determination and asked for 16 prayers, sought an order setting aside the decision of INEC that the November 21 poll was inconclusive.

They are also seeking an order setting aside the decision of INEC in a public notice on November 24, 2015, asking the APC to fill the purported vacancy created by Audu’s death and another order mandating INEC to announce the winner of the election.

Faleke argued in his supporting affidavit, which he personally deposed to on Tuesday, that there was no basis for not declaring Audu the winner of the November 21 poll.

He stated that the margin of victory between the joint ticket, which he shared with Audu for the APC, and that of the first runner-up, Wada, and his running mate, Yomi Awoniyi, of the PDP, was over 41,000 votes.

He added that there were only 35,000 voters with Permanent Voter Cards in the 91 polling units, where votes were...Read More Here-->>>> http://www.newsinnigeria.org/faleke-sues-inec-demands-to-be-declared-gov-elect/

its not over yet

Why should he be declared Gov-elect when the election was not even won by his party?

now ds is getting interesting

I no even wan tell una say today na MY BIRTHDAY!! ...if you happen to find out, pls small prayer for you boy will do...Happy birthday to me...