The All Progressive Congress (APC) has made it clear it has not picked Yahaya Bello as replacement for its late candidate, Abubakar Audu in the Kogi State governorship election.
Acting National publicity secretary, Timi Frank has said in Abuja: “we are still consulting on the issue. We would take a final stand on the issue of Audu’s replacement on Monday and we are definitely going to issue a statement on the issue.”
Yahaya Bello who came second in the party’s primary election that produced Abubakar Audu was alleged to have been endorsed by the APC national chairman, Chief John Oyegun.
That is even as some party members have alleged that Yahaya Bello had since defected from APC to pick the form of the Social Democratic Party (SDP).
The protesters said that he also romanced the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), whose governorship candidate and incumbent, Captain Idris Wada, he campaigned for.
Bello, also known as Fairplus, was said ro have chosen Olusola George Olumoroti as his deputy governorship candidate to contest the inconclusive election in Kogi State as SDP candidate.
Meanwhile, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced that it has not received any communication from APC with regards to the substitution of its candidate for the supplementary gubernatorial election in Kogi state.
The Commission said that the electoral body was yet to receive any such communication from the party. [myad]
