The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress in Kogi state, Abubakar Audu, is dead.
Audu was said to have dropped dead on Sunday even before the result of the Saturday, November 21 governorship election in the state was declared inconclusive by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.
The Returning Officer, Prof Emmanuel Kucha, had said that the number of votes cancelled, 49,953 was more than the margin with which Mr Audu won the election
The APC candidate, Audu, polled 240,867 while his closest rival, Idris Wada of the Peoples Democratic Party candidate polled 199,514.
Shehu Sani, senator representing Kaduna Central Senatorial District in the National Assembly, confirmed Audu’s death on his twitter handle on Sunday.
“Abubakar Audu; Victory and tragedy. We mourn, We mourn a dogged fighter, a resilient optimist,” Senator Sani had tweeted.
