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I have no problem with James faleke been made the substantive candidate but I remember he was a major supporter of "party supremacy" during the NASS imbroglio. Now it doesn't favour him and he is challenging party's decision. To my surprise, same people who condemned saraki/dogara are supporting him. Bunch of hypocrites everywhere. We will all be fine with time.

good

Go to court.

He should have contested in the primaries. You can't jump to the forefront when the flag bearer died without winning the election.

Habillah:
Yahaya Bello leading with 41,000 votes,Number of registeredvotes in those 92 polling unit is 49,000. numbers of permanent voters collected in those places is 25,000. Inec declined theelection base on the number of total#registrationof voters.Even if the whole 25,000 of votes casted in favour of PDP which is not possible they can never win. The election has been won already. You can never have morethan 25,000 on 5th dec. Assuming the whole 25,000 voted for PDP Fair pluswill still be leading with 11,000. The election has been won already.........Stay calm my beloved people.

You better wake up. When was Bello voted with all these votes? Spiritually

And people wonder why Sahara Reporters has started criticising the President. As for Faleke, he better comport himself and act as a smart politician. Because whether he likes it or not (if the APC do coast into Lugard house), Yahaya Bello is going to be his boss. He better get used to that, and start their relationship on a good note, because if their partnership fails, he is going to end up back at the Lagos state house of assembly saying ay and nay.

I blame tinubu for all this rubbish. Imposing a lagosian on kogi people as a deputy governor

Desperation written all over here...... Seems the man wishes Audu dead from foregoing...... To desperate

ZKOSOSO:
The Northern cabal don't want a Christian governor in the whole North. If they have their way, even Taraba, plateau, Benue that have over 80% christians, should allow muslim gov to rule them. Shame!
Faleke crime only is because he is a christian!
Buhari is the Head of the Cabal and our president. Islamic Agenda!!
Nasarawa, kaduna, adamawa and Kogi states are naturally home to christian majority but always manipulated by parties to produce only Muslim govs!
INEC knew of Audu's demise before the so called inconclusive jagajaga!!
We are watching the broom riding witches!!

Nonsensical

TolstoyFan:
The All Progressives Congress (APC) running mate in the deadlocked governorship election in Kogi State, Mr. Abiodun Faleke has opposed the party’s choice of Alhaji Yahaya Bello as replacement for the late Prince Abubakar Audu. This disclosure was made known in a second letter written by Faleke yesterday to the party’s national chairman, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun. According to Faleke, he is not prepared to give up his ‘mandate’ for any reason whatsoever.


Faleke in the four page letter written by his counsel, Chief Wole Olanipekun and entitled RE: JUST CONCLUDED GOVERNORSHIP ELECTION IN KOGI STATE -APC SHOULD NOT SIDETRACK JAMES ABIODUN FALEKE OR SUPER IMPOSE ON HIM ANY OTHER PERSON OR CANDIDATE, said:



“While reiterating and adopting the position of our client as highlighted, expressed and conveyed in our first letter, permit us, most humbly, but frankly to add the following points on behalf and instruction of our client, that is to say:

(i)The Issue involved is that of constitutional, formal and legal imperatives, rather than political expediency. In the eyes of the Constitution and the law, our client is the governor-elect of Kogi State. There is no gainsaying this fact. It is a truism that cannot be discounted.

(ii) It is the duty of the APC to champion the actualization of its mandate, as well as that of our client. In this wise, we most humbly advise and caution that the party should be minded of the Ides of November, because the idea being sold to the APC by the INEC to go and hold a supplementary primary election for the purpose of bringing forth a governorship candidate to contest a supplementary election in 91 polling units is saturated with deleterious legal and constitutional landmines. We posit without any hesitation that at this stage, INEC and all the political parties that took part in the concluded election have reached a point of no return. Thus our client can neither be jettisoned by the APC, nor can a new or fresh candidate be imposed on him as his Principal. The law also does not recognize this type of supplementary election in 91 polling units, with total number of eligible voters with PVCs not more than 25,000 or thereabout. Otherwise, if the law and Constitution allow it, Kogi State would end up holding a supplementary election, which would also produce a supplementary governor. Put bluntly, there cannot be any legitimate Governor of Kogi State who would emerge from the supplementary election (outside our client) with a maximum of 25,000 votes, assuming all the registered voters with PVCs cast their votes for the anticipatory supplementary governor will also be likened to a Governor of 91 polling units. May we quickly draw your attention to Section 179 (2) (b) of the 1999 Constitution which states:

“(2) A candidate of an election to the office of Governor of a state shall be deemed to have been duly elected where, there being two or more candidates-

(b) He has not less than one-quarter of all the votes cast in each of at least two-thirds of all the local government areas in the state.”

Continuing, he said: “It was the contention of PDP that the then Deputy Governor-elect, Boni Haruna automatically became and assumed the position of governor-elect. The PDP took the matter to court and, at the end of the legal pilgrimage, the Supreme Court agreed with the PDP. Then the Deputy Governor-elect, Boni Haruna, not only assumed position as Governor, but spent two terms in office. With very high respect, we do not expect the APC to do less.

“When the late Umaru Yar’Adua was terminally sick, some leading members of your party in coalition with some decent forces in the country, bandying the ‘doctrine of necessity’ championed the cause of the then Vice President, Goodluck Jonathan to be appointed President. At the end of it all, the National Assembly acceded to this clarion call and Vice President Goodluck Jonathan metamorphosed to acting President. Thereafter, he became substantive President for six years. The point being made by us is that if we could rely on the doctrine of necessity and maximally utilize same to make Vice President Goodluck Jonathan, the sitting President, it then goes without saying that both INEC and the APC must submit themselves to the doctrine of constitutional imperative and/or necessity to allow our client to be Governor -elect of Kogi State."


http://dawntodusknews.com/kogi-2015-faleke-writes-oyegun-rejects-yahaya-bello-as-audus-replacement/

Faleke has a very bad case https://www.nairaland.com/2769110/legal-analysis-why-apc-nominated# read why

To hell with him (Faleke) what does he know about Kogi? som1 who is spending all his life time in Lagos will just wake-up to com and rule Kogi, ORUBEBE the 2nd, U can reject d offer and we will take our Deputy from Kabba:::: no shaking

personally, i think Faleke should be patient, what is important to me is power shift and we edging closer to that, have always maintained that what the Igalas are doing in kogi State will turn around to Hunt them, what a pity, all are living scared not knowing what to happen after all their greed and being self center. to Bello, if you emerge the Governor, plz do clean up the system and ensure power shift to the west


and i pray this is the beginning of the story for the Igala

[quote author=Kyase post=40505971]Olodo kogi is 70% Muslims na by force to comment?
[/quo. Mentioned Benue as an example. Re-visit the statement.

MKO4ever:
Politics is a funny business in Nigeria. Now every body (even Wada) is claiming victory in the election. But I think Inec made the big mistake of declaring an already won election as inconclusive

mistake abi order from above, It is no longer INEC that it used to be under the leadership of gej, it is now dependent National Electoral Commission (DNEC)

Habillah:
Yahaya Bello leading with 41,000 votes,Number of registeredvotes in those 92 polling unit is 49,000. numbers of permanent voters collected in those places is 25,000. Inec declined theelection base on the number of total#registrationof voters.Even if the whole 25,000 of votes casted in favour of PDP which is not possible they can never win. The election has been won already. You can never have morethan 25,000 on 5th dec. Assuming the whole 25,000 voted for PDP Fair pluswill still be leading with 11,000. The election has been won already.........Stay calm my beloved people.

Interesting.
The votes are attributed to Audu/Faleke, not Yahaya Bello. If Faleke decides not to be Yahaya Bello's deputy, INEC will have to run a new election.
You can enquire from a Constitutional lawyer to enlighten you.

Oga John,mak sure Oga James gets what rightly belongs to him oooo! Oluwa is watching!!!

Confusion and war has befallen the camp of the evil ones..

ZKOSOSO:
The Northern cabal don't want a Christian governor in the whole North. If they have their way, even Taraba, plateau, Benue that have over 80% christians, should allow muslim gov to rule them. Shame!
Faleke crime only is because he is a christian!
Buhari is the Head of the Cabal and our president. Islamic Agenda!!
Nasarawa, kaduna, adamawa and Kogi states are naturally home to christian majority but always manipulated by parties to produce only Muslim govs!
INEC knew of Audu's demise before the so called inconclusive jagajaga!!
We are watching the broom riding witches!!

common sense is not common at all

chinchum:
He must fight the injustice to the last end, even if it will mean he will govern the state for a day and be impeached the next day.

exactly, what is even happening in kogi self? Yahaya bello a man that did not laboure for anything just from nowere is claming power,,, law my foot, laws are made to be broken, faleke should be declare as governor, onto the next level..................., HARUFDEEN

ZKOSOSO:
The Northern cabal don't want a Christian governor in the whole North. If they have their way, even Taraba, plateau, Benue that have over 80% christians, should allow muslim gov to rule them. Shame!
Faleke crime only is because he is a christian!
Buhari is the Head of the Cabal and our president. Islamic Agenda!!
Nasarawa, kaduna, adamawa and Kogi states are naturally home to christian majority but always manipulated by parties to produce only Muslim govs!
INEC knew of Audu's demise before the so called inconclusive jagajaga!!
We are watching the broom riding witches!!

and who told you that Nassarawa Kaduna Adamawa and kogi are Christian states go and do ur research they are all predominantly Muslim except Nassarawa which is 50/50

APC should either choose Faleke or 4get Kogi state! Tinubu be wise!

TolstoyFan:
The All Progressives Congress (APC) running mate in the deadlocked governorship election in Kogi State, Mr. Abiodun Faleke has opposed the party’s choice of Alhaji Yahaya Bello as replacement for the late Prince Abubakar Audu. This disclosure was made known in a second letter written by Faleke yesterday to the party’s national chairman, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun. According to Faleke, he is not prepared to give up his ‘mandate’ for any reason whatsoever.


Faleke in the four page letter written by his counsel, Chief Wole Olanipekun and entitled RE: JUST CONCLUDED GOVERNORSHIP ELECTION IN KOGI STATE -APC SHOULD NOT SIDETRACK JAMES ABIODUN FALEKE OR SUPER IMPOSE ON HIM ANY OTHER PERSON OR CANDIDATE, said:



“While reiterating and adopting the position of our client as highlighted, expressed and conveyed in our first letter, permit us, most humbly, but frankly to add the following points on behalf and instruction of our client, that is to say:

(i)The Issue involved is that of constitutional, formal and legal imperatives, rather than political expediency. In the eyes of the Constitution and the law, our client is the governor-elect of Kogi State. There is no gainsaying this fact. It is a truism that cannot be discounted.

(ii) It is the duty of the APC to champion the actualization of its mandate, as well as that of our client. In this wise, we most humbly advise and caution that the party should be minded of the Ides of November, because the idea being sold to the APC by the INEC to go and hold a supplementary primary election for the purpose of bringing forth a governorship candidate to contest a supplementary election in 91 polling units is saturated with deleterious legal and constitutional landmines. We posit without any hesitation that at this stage, INEC and all the political parties that took part in the concluded election have reached a point of no return. Thus our client can neither be jettisoned by the APC, nor can a new or fresh candidate be imposed on him as his Principal. The law also does not recognize this type of supplementary election in 91 polling units, with total number of eligible voters with PVCs not more than 25,000 or thereabout. Otherwise, if the law and Constitution allow it, Kogi State would end up holding a supplementary election, which would also produce a supplementary governor. Put bluntly, there cannot be any legitimate Governor of Kogi State who would emerge from the supplementary election (outside our client) with a maximum of 25,000 votes, assuming all the registered voters with PVCs cast their votes for the anticipatory supplementary governor will also be likened to a Governor of 91 polling units. May we quickly draw your attention to Section 179 (2) (b) of the 1999 Constitution which states:

“(2) A candidate of an election to the office of Governor of a state shall be deemed to have been duly elected where, there being two or more candidates-

(b) He has not less than one-quarter of all the votes cast in each of at least two-thirds of all the local government areas in the state.”

Continuing, he said: “It was the contention of PDP that the then Deputy Governor-elect, Boni Haruna automatically became and assumed the position of governor-elect. The PDP took the matter to court and, at the end of the legal pilgrimage, the Supreme Court agreed with the PDP. Then the Deputy Governor-elect, Boni Haruna, not only assumed position as Governor, but spent two terms in office. With very high respect, we do not expect the APC to do less.

“When the late Umaru Yar’Adua was terminally sick, some leading members of your party in coalition with some decent forces in the country, bandying the ‘doctrine of necessity’ championed the cause of the then Vice President, Goodluck Jonathan to be appointed President. At the end of it all, the National Assembly acceded to this clarion call and Vice President Goodluck Jonathan metamorphosed to acting President. Thereafter, he became substantive President for six years. The point being made by us is that if we could rely on the doctrine of necessity and maximally utilize same to make Vice President Goodluck Jonathan, the sitting President, it then goes without saying that both INEC and the APC must submit themselves to the doctrine of constitutional imperative and/or necessity to allow our client to be Governor -elect of Kogi State."


http://dawntodusknews.com/kogi-2015-faleke-writes-oyegun-rejects-yahaya-bello-as-audus-replacement/

Good morning all youwont beLieve am enjoying kogi guberSaga seriouly seee everybody turning into pocket layer even ppl wey study special education dey quote section of constitution st

I can even go to court on behalf of Faleke because he has a good case and sure of victory.Faleke all the way !

Xano:
Interesting.
The votes are attributed to Audu/Faleke, not Yahaya Bello. If Faleke decides not to be Yahaya Bello's deputy, INEC will have to run a new election.
You can enquire from a Constitutional lawyer to enlighten you.

That's a lie, the law is mute on issue like this and the best set of persons to meet are the Supreme Court judges which INEC should have done as the buck stops at their table to avoid unnecessary litigation. Just like the closest which transpired in Rivers, no need for cancellation as long as Faleke isn't made governorship candidate, else, even magistrate court will nullify the election if Faleke is presented as governorship candidate. APC sure acted legally and INEC should have approached the Supreme Court for next line of action. If a new election is to be done, supreme Court will tell who wada will hand over to as new primary will be done entirely because of the time span for elections to be conducted and handling over.

ZKOSOSO:
The Northern cabal don't want a Christian governor in the whole North. If they have their way, even Taraba, plateau, Benue that have over 80% christians, should allow muslim gov to rule them. Shame!
Faleke crime only is because he is a christian!
Buhari is the Head of the Cabal and our president. Islamic Agenda!!
Nasarawa, kaduna, adamawa and Kogi states are naturally home to christian majority but always manipulated by parties to produce only Muslim govs!
INEC knew of Audu's demise before the so called inconclusive jagajaga!!
We are watching the broom riding witches!!

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ZKOSOSO:
The Northern cabal don't want a Christian governor in the whole North. If they have their way, even Taraba, plateau, Benue that have over 80% christians, should allow muslim gov to rule them. Shame!
Faleke crime only is because he is a christian!
Buhari is the Head of the Cabal and our president. Islamic Agenda!!
Nasarawa, kaduna, adamawa and Kogi states are naturally home to christian majority but always manipulated by parties to produce only Muslim govs!
INEC knew of Audu's demise before the so called inconclusive jagajaga!!
We are watching the broom riding witches!!

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ZKOSOSO:
The Northern cabal don't want a Christian governor in the whole North. If they have their way, even Taraba, plateau, Benue that have over 80% christians, should allow muslim gov to rule them. Shame!
Faleke crime only is because he is a christian!
Buhari is the Head of the Cabal and our president. Islamic Agenda!!
Nasarawa, kaduna, adamawa and Kogi states are naturally home to christian majority but always manipulated by parties to produce only Muslim govs!
INEC knew of Audu's demise before the so called inconclusive jagajaga!!
We are watching the broom riding witches!!

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Fool Must You Call Nasarawa State ? Muslims are 60% While you are there fooling yourself. join Maku to be failure of Life Governor. #YeyedeySmell.

Kyase:
Olodo kogi is 70% Muslims na by force to comment?

You're the biggest olodo, Muslims are 40% of Kogi state.

DEAR FALEKE.............YOU ARE PART OF THE CHANGE MANTRA SWEEPING ALL OVER THE COUNTRY, SO DON'T CRY OVER THIS CHANGE

Yoruba man can never be governor of kogi state. Sai Yahoo plus abi na Fair plus!!

zinachidi:
APC, confused party

PDP DISTRUCTION PARTY