We Are Not Formally Aware of Abubakar Audu's Death - INEC

 

INEC has asserted that it is not officially aware of the death of the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Prince Abubakar Audu, in the Kogi State governorship election.

Leadership reports that INEC made the assertion even as it was locked in meetings over the outcome of last Saturday’s guber election in Kogi State. The issues delineated upon it was gathered are the new date for the supplementary polls. The commission also met with its legal team over the implications of the death of the APC guber candidate.

According to INEC’s Director of Voter Education and Publicity, Oluwole Osaze-Uzzi, “the meetings are still going on. We are still consulting with our lawyers. In the next 24 to 48 hours we will issue a release on the matter.

“But mind you, we are yet to be formerly informed of the death of the APC candidate. But we are being proactive in tackling the issue.”

The commission, however assured that it would apply available legal provisions on the recent development over Saturday’s governorship election in Kogi.

Deputy Director of Publicity of the commission, Mr Nick Dazang, who corroborated that the APC was yet to inform the commission of the death of the party’s flag bearer in the election, said “APC has to do proper notification, and accompany it with the certificate of death issued by a medical doctor."

He however assured that INEC would apply relevant laws and in making taking a decision on the election, immediately it receives official notification of Audu’s death.