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Faleke, who insisted that the election of Bello is illegal, said since he was Abubakar Audu’s running mate and not Bello’s, he should constitutionally step in after Audu’s death and be declared the governor of Kogi State

The journalists, mostly correspondents of the various national media outfits, tried to explain their mission but the security agents, who claimed to be acting on instruction from above, refused to budge

Their spokesman, Paul Enema, said he and his colleagues did not hold any meeting to nominate Egbunu, let alone issuing a communiqué to the media

According to information reaching The Eagle Online, youths in their hundreds have poured out on the major road in front of the family house of Faleke, protesting the decision of the leadership of the APC to bar their kinsman from emerging as the replacement of the party’s late governorship candidate, Prince Abubakar Audu

He also warned the APC leadership not to misrepresent the party as an Islamic organisation, saying it was founded for all Nigerians irrespective of tribe and religion