During the 2015 general elections in Kogi state, the APC Governorship candidate Prince Abubakar Audu was coasting to victory until his untimely death before his victory could be announced. James Abiodun Faleke who was the APC Deputy Governorship candidate to Prince Abubakar Audu felt he would get the mandate. Due to the fact that he is a loyalist to Asiwaju Tinubu and he is also seen as a lagos politician, a plot was hatched by Saraki, Dino Maleye and some Kogi stake holders who were afraid of the state being in the grasp of the bourdillon politician. Saraki wanted to be senate president, while Asiwaju favoured someone else, so the battle line had been drawn. During the Apc primaries Yahaya Bello came in second to Prince Abubakar Audu and as soon as he lost, he went to work for the Pdp candidate Idris Ichala Wada who was the Kogi state governor at the time. Aisha Buhari, Yahaya Bello and Dino Maleye are all graduates of Ahmadu Bello University. Aisha Buhari & Yahaya Bello are very good friends,Some people even said that if not for the fact that she was married at the time, they would say they were dating. Aisha Buhari was used by Dino Maleye to sell Yahaya Bello to president Buhari and the Apc chairman Chief Oyegun. During the early days of Yahaya Bello's administration, Dino Maleye produced the SSG of the state and some other top slots.It was the rift between the senate president and the presidency that turned Yahaya Bello and Dino Maleye to enemies.Yahaya Bello runs Kogi state like an inheritance,without any check and balance's,even his deputy is treated like a councillor and his closeness to Aisha Buhari makes him irremovable whatever he does.As for Dino Maleye,he is seeking revenge because he felt betrayed after helping Bello become governor.So all the stake holders that want to defeat Yahaya Bello in Apc and other parties have to find a way to first defeat the first lady Aisha Buhari.