The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) yesterday claimed ignorance of the death of Prince Abubakar Audu, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in last Saturday’s gubernatorial election in Kogi State.
According to the INEC, though it had heard the news of Audu’s death, it was yet to be officially notified of the development.
INEC Deputy Director of Publicity Nick Dazang told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja: “APC has to do proper notification and accompany it with the certificate of death issued by a medical doctor.
“Once the commission is notified, it will look at relevant clauses of the 1999 Constitution as amended, the Electoral Act 2010 as amended and also the constitution of APC itself.”
Audu, who died Sunday afternoon shortly after INEC declared the election inconclusive, was buried yesterday afternoon in his country home according to Islamic injunctions. He was the frontrunner in the election, scoring the highest votes of 240,867 while the incumbent governor of the PDP, Idris Wada, came second with 199,514 votes.
•Photo shows INEC Chariman INEC Spokesman Nick Dazang.
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