More reports on the death of APC gubernatorial candidate in Kogi state has revealed as sources say he died before the election results were collated and announced by INEC.
Abubakar Audu casting his vote before his demise
SaharaReporters has learned that the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Party (APC), Abubakar Audu died as early as 5 a.m. Nigerian time on Sunday. He reportedly went into a state of coma before this death.
According to family sources, Mr. Audu started vomiting blood on Friday night in what family sources described as a bizarre deterioration in his health condition. One of the family sources described the late controversial politician as hypertensive.
"He started vomiting blood after he returned from Lokoja," said the family source who witnessed Mr. Audu’s deterioration.
He added that Mr. Audu woke up very tired on Saturday, the day of the governorship election. He said doctors had given the former governor blood transfusion which gave him enough energy to go to the polling booth to vote in his hometown, Ogbonicha.
According to the source, Mr. Audu returned to his home on Saturday and began vomiting again. "After a while he became unconscious and died around 5 a.m. on Sunday morning," said the source, who requested anonymity.
The family's timeline of Mr. Audu's death indicated that he passed on before officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) started collation and announcement of results.
A source at INEC told the online news platform that electoral officials knew of Mr. Audu’s death before they announced the results of his election inconclusive on Sunday.