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I Am Kogi’s Governor Elect, James Faleke Writes INEC

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The running mate to late Abubakar Audu, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress in Saturday’s governorship election in Kogi State, has asked the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to declare him governor elect.

James Faleke, in a November 26 letter to INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, insisted that under Section 187 of the 1999 Constitution, he was duly elected as deputy governor of Kogi State.

While expressing sadness over the demise of his principal, Abubakar Audu, the deputy governorship candidate said INEC had no right under the law to declare the election inconclusive.

He accused INEC of deliberately creating what he called “legal conundrum” and urged the APC not to be a party to the action.

“In law and logic, no new candidate can inherit or be a beneficiary of the votes already cast, counted and declared by INEC before that candidate was nominated and purportedly sponsored,” Mr. Faleke wrote through his counsel, Wole Olanipekun.

“Assuming without conceding that INEC is even right to order a supplementary election, the votes already cast, counted and declared on Saturday, 25th November 2015, were votes for the joint constitutional ticket of Prince Abubakar Audu and our client.

“Therefore, no new or ‘supplementary’ candidate can hijack, aggregate, appropriate or inherit the said votes.”

In another letter to APC Chairman, John Oyegun, Mr. Faleke urged his party to distance itself from the “Greek Gift” being offered to it to nominate a new candidate for a planned supplementary election in 91 polling units.

He said the election had already been won and lost, and that the party should rather support him in actualizing the mandate already given to APC and its candidates.

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Governor Elect To Use 100 Days In Office For Reconciliation

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The Benue Governor-elect, Dr Samuel Ortom, said he would use his first 100 days in office for reconciliation. Ortom said this when five former People’s Democratic Party (PDP) governorship aspirants in the state visited and congratulated him in Makurdi on Friday.

He said that if the people were united they could do much more than if they went their separate ways.  Ortom promised to tap the talents of all the people of the state irrespective of their ethnicity, political and religious affiliations to enable him move the state forward.

The governor-elect said the aspirants were experienced and patriotic citizens of the state, adding that he would rely on them in order to deliver the dividends of democracy.

He said that his doors remained open to the former aspirants to enable them offer suggestions on what could be done as well as correcting him if he went wrong.

Earlier, Mr Hingah Biem, while congratulating Ortom, urged him to reconcile the people of the state, transform the state and initiate policies that would encourage people, particularly youth to respect constituted authorities.

Biem said the people of the state had spoken and that they had accepted their verdict. He said the other contestants had resolved to give the governor-elect the needed support to enable him to succeed.

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Governor Elect Inaugurates 93-Man Transition Committee

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The Governor-elect of Kano State, Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje, on Thursday in Kano inaugurated a 93-man Transition Committee for the smooth take-off of his administration on May 29.

Inaugurating the committees at  the Deputy Governor’s Office, Ganduje urged the members to work assidiously and diligently towards the success of the incoming administration.

The committee, which comprises 8 sub-committees, is headed by Deputy Governor-elect, Prof. Hafizu Abubakar. He said that the members were drawn from different discipline, noting that they had good track record and patriotic zeal.

According to him, the commiittees are tasked to map out a policy frame work and advise the incoming administration, to deliver devidends of democracy to the people.

In his remarks, the Chairman of the committee, Abubakar, thanked Ganduje for the recognition and for finding them worthy of the assignment .

He promised to work hard within the stipulated time of three weeks.

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Don’t Forget Me When You Assume Office, Suswam Begs Governor Elect

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Benue State Governor, Gabriel Suswam, yesterday pleaded with  the Governor-elect, Chief Samuel Ortom, not to forget him when he assumes office on May 29 2015.  Suswam, who congratulated Ortom on his victory at the polls  begged the governor-elect to look after him after his exit from office next month.

According to Nigeria Pilot, the governor stated this yesterday at the Banquet Hall of the Government House, Makurdi, when he played host to Ortom.

He said, “When I leave (office), I will be a burden on you and you must take care of  me.” Suswam also said his party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), would not challenge Ortom’s victory in court, stressing that litigation would be an unnecessary distraction for the incoming government.

Earlier, Ortom, who is the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) said he was overwhelmed when the governor called him on Sunday to congratulate him on his victory at the polls. He noted that the governor’s attitude signified a new dawn for the state and commended him for displaying “sound maturity” on the outcome of the election. He also praised his PDP opponent, Terhemen Tarzoor, who he said, had called to congratulate him. Meanwhile, Suswam said he had started a peaceful transition to enable the governor-elect to take over from him.

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