BREAKING: Faleke sues INEC,Asks Court To Declare Him Gov-Elect

BREAKING: Faleke sues INEC,Asks
Court To Declare Him Gov-Elect

The deputy governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the November 21 election in Kogi State, James Faleke, on Tuesday filed a suit at the Federal High Court, Abuja, demanding his declaration as governor-elect.

The Independent National Electoral Commission had declared the election inconclusive. It ordered a supplementary
election which will hold on December 5.

Mr. Faleke had on Monday threatened to go to court following the adoption of Yahaya Bello by the APC national
leadership as the governorship candidate of the party in the supplementary election.

He also wrote INEC demanding the removal of his name as the running mate to Mr. Bello in the supplementary
election. Mr. Bello’s adoption at the meeting of the National Working
Committee of the party followed the death of the former governorship candidate, Abubakar Audu, on November 22.

The party immediately forwarded his name to INEC as replacement for Mr. Audu and that of Mr. Faleke as his running mate. In the suit filed by his counsel, Wole Olanipekun, Mr. Faleke, a serving member of the House of Representatives, said contrary to the claim by the electoral body, the election was conclusive and that as
the running mate to Mr. Audu, he should be declared winner.