Abiodun Faleke was on the same ticket with Abubakar Audu, the father of modern day Kogi progressivism.
But Faleke was also a Lagos boy.
He is one of the numerous leaders who Tinubu has groomed.
On the night of the election after about 90% of the Kogi gubernatorial election result had been announced, Audu passed away.
It was a night to forget.
I did not believe the news on Sahara Reporters until I asked a sister who was a very reliable source of information and she said the family members she called did not answer and that she had a feeling that it was true.
But before SR broke the news, Audu’s family had put a call to his running mate, Faleke as the first person to be informed of the unfortunate incident but Faleke was not available. They then innocently thought of calling Dino next because of his closeness to the struggle.
But how to stop Tinubu was the first thing that Dino thought about. Tinubu could be interested in 2023 and so he shouldn’t be allowed to spread his political tentacles further.
He therefore called the then Senate President, Saraki immediately and they called Wike and some other PDP/PDP-APC leaders around the country and INEC was made to stop the process while they thought of the next line of action.
Tinubu must be stopped was the only agenda and that simply meant that Faleke must not take the mandate.
In the end, the Court ruled against Faleke and asked the party to present the man who came second after Audu at the party’s primaries to take over the votes. That was why I laughed at the judiciary years later when they ruled that Lyon should not be sworn in as Bayelsa state governor because of discrepancies on the educational certificates of his running mate because it’s a joint ticket. 😝
But Tinubu had been dealt with. They won.
That was why Dino, in his usual garrulous way, was cursing anyone who would not support Bello on the day of Bello’s inauguration. He said that God would bring such person down and God has answered the prayer and it’s been fulfilled on Dino.
The saddest part of the whole Kogi episode was that they tried to attach Tinubu to the death of Audu. They said that he’s responsible for it because he wanted his political godson, Faleke to be Governor.
But God was watching and Tinubu did not lose focus.
Today, Saraki couldn’t deliver is polling unit in any election. Dino has been crippled politically by the same Bello. Wike is Tinubu’s ally and made PDP lose a presidential election for the first time in Rivers state. Faleke is soaring and Tinubu is the President-Elect.
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