Tension, Anxiety As Supreme Court Decides Wada, Faleke’s Fate Tomorrow

The CP further stressed that intelligent report reaching the command revealed that some miscreants were planning to create crisis before, during and after the Supreme Court judgement.

The death of Prince Abubakaru Audu, Governorship candidate at Kogi 2015 gubernatorial election has left the judiciary indecisive as matters like this is termed “precedence”.

Faleke argued that as the running mate to Audu, he ought to have been declared victor.

He defeated them at the Election Petition Tribunal and at the Appeal Court to justify his well-deserved seat as the 6th Governor of Kogi State.

Some members of Bello’s cabinet have also moved to Abuja in solidarity with their boss and in the hope that he will carry the day.

Palpable fear and tension have gripped the various political camps in the State, as the actors are not sure if the outcome will be in their favor.

Governor Bello’s Special Adviser on Media and Strategy, Abdulmalik Abdulkareem, said they were not shaken by the impending judgment.

According to him, since there are no new issues raised, the governor’s camp is not in any way jittery over the judgment.

For Lokoja People, the Sallah celebration also coincided with the Lokoja Founders’ Day Celebration, since it was founded, in its modern form, on September 12, 1860.

Speaking on behalf of Wada, his special adviser, media and strategy, Jacob Edi, restated his principal’s belief in the judiciary, particularly the Supreme Court.

“The framers of the constitution are aware that at every stage of the case newer interpretations will come up”.

The Supreme Court Panel had given the summary judgment after listening to arguments from all the lawyers.

On this and other grounds the Petition was dismissed at the Tribunal and the election of Governor Yahaya Bello upheld.

“From the intelligence information we have, all the two major political parties are consulting with their supporters to either express their happiness or otherwise”, he said.