We Didn’t Endorse Bello, Faleke is on His Own, Says Audu’s Political Family
POLITICS DIGEST – The Audu political family groups have called on the people to ignore the endorsement of Governor Yahaya Bello for a second term, by the running mate to the late Prince Abubukar Audu during the 2015 Kogi governorship election, Hon. James Abiodun Faleke.
Faleke had last week in Lokoja collapsed his Audu/Faleke Group, which had been at loggerheads with the Bello-controlled Kogi State All Progressives Congress (APC), almost from the onset of the party’s victory at the polls.
The groups, in a statement yesterday in Lokoja, said the federal lawmaker can only represent the Faleke political family if it exists.
In a press statement signed jointly by Chief Dare Olatunde, the Maiyegun of Isanlu and Dr Odekina Abutu, describes Faleke’s endorsement of Bello for a second term in the name of Audu/Faleke group, as one of the biggest political scams ever,
The group disowned Ikeja Federal Constituency House of Representatives member saying “as a member of of Ikeja federal constituency where there is no Audu group, he was brought to Kogi state in a political arrangement that made him late Gov Audu’s running mate, a relationship that barely lasted six weeks before the late political sage passed on”.
“Faleke met Abubakar Audu after the 2015 primary elections and immediately after the Supreme court ruling, that affirmed the fact that Hon James Faleke could not inherit Gov Audu’s votes, he absconded to his base and area of influence Lagos state only for him to come back three years later and attempt to claim political leadership of the Audu political structure to endorse Gov Yahaya Bello. This is a fraud and the Audu political family urges the public to disregard this endorsement! Hon James Faleke can only represent the Faleke political family if it exists”.
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“The late Gov Audu’s family urges all and sundry to disregard charade carried out by James Faleke in a two separate releases, the family posits that the late Audu’s political dynasty is not a commodity to be traded for cheap political points and gratification”.
“Historically ,in the 1990-1992 political arrangement,Late Prince Abubakar Audu had already solidified his political grip in Kogi west, with Chief Ola Akande deputising for the late political sage for almost two years, these are the entities that could lay claim to some segments of Audu’s Progressive political dynasty”
“Between 1999-2003, during his second coming to the leadership of Kogi and attempt for another term,Chief Patrick Adaba, from Kogi central deputised Prince Audu and has a stake in the the Audu political family”.
“Chef Ola Akande and Chief,Patrick Adaba, are still alive and relevant but they as respected elder statesmen did not meddle into the political arrangement of their former boss, for obvious political exigencies, then why should Faleke?”
“Audu’s political structure has existed since 1991 when he contested and won under the platform of the National Republican Convention (NRC) from there to All Peoples Party, (APP) to the All Nigeria Peoples Party, (ANPP) to the Action Congress Of Nigeria(ACN) to the All Progressives Congress, (APC) where Faleke enjoyed a two month political affiliation with the Late Adoja of Igala land Prince Audu”.
Further querying the programme, Chief Dare and Dr Abutu said Hon Faleke cannot handover the Audu political group/family, when there are no prominent politicians from the Audu political family in both Kogi East, Central and West involved, he rather gathered fair weather politicians, who have lost all relevance in the political landscape of Kogi state and want to use this to jumpstart their stagnated political relevance.
“It should also be known that biological family members of the late political sage inherited the structure and are involved in active politics in the same party the APC as we all saw during the 2015 and 2019 elections, common sense dictates they are in total control of this structure”.
