The sudden death of Prince Audu Abubakar, the All
Progressives Congress (APC) candidate in last Saturday’s governorship
election in Kogi state has spurred series of controversies in the past 5
days.
Audu died on Sunday, November 22, shortly after the Independent National Electoral Commission declared the November 21 governorship poll in the state inconclusive.
He was leading the polls with 240,827 votes, against the 199, 514 votes polled by Governor Idris Wada, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
The Independent National Electoral Commission had subsequently asked the APC to submit the name of a replacement for the late Audu but the party is yet to do so.
There are strong indications that Alhaji Yahaya Bello, who was the runner up in the APC governorship primaries last month, will likely be nominated as the party’s governorship candidate ahead of the supplementary polls slated for December 5.
Below are things you should know about him:
1. He was born on the 18th of June, 1975 to the family of Alhaji Bello and Hajiya Hauwa.
2. He hails from Igbirra, Okene local government area in Kogi central senatorial district.
3. He attended Local Government Education Authority (LGEA) primary school, Agassa in Okene LGA and finished in 1989. He attended six different secondary schools.
4. After he finished from secondary school in 1994, he enrolled for the IJMB programme at the Kaduna State Polytechnic, Zaria. He spent five months on the programme and passed the exams with 12 points with which he was offered admission at the Ahmadu Bell University, Zaria to study BSc Accounting.
5. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting from the Ahmadu Bello University Zaria and a Master’s degree in Business Administration from the same institution.
6. He did his one year National Youth Service Corp (NYSC) programme at Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) in Abuja.
7. He is a businessman and the Managing Director of FairPlus International Ltd.
8. He is the chairman of Kogi Youth Arise Forum.
9. He is also a Chartered Fellow of Association of National Accountant of Nigeria (ANAN).
10. He worked at the Revenue Mobilization and Fiscal Commission where he rose to the position of Assistant Chief Accountant.
Audu died on Sunday, November 22, shortly after the Independent National Electoral Commission declared the November 21 governorship poll in the state inconclusive.
He was leading the polls with 240,827 votes, against the 199, 514 votes polled by Governor Idris Wada, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
The Independent National Electoral Commission had subsequently asked the APC to submit the name of a replacement for the late Audu but the party is yet to do so.
There are strong indications that Alhaji Yahaya Bello, who was the runner up in the APC governorship primaries last month, will likely be nominated as the party’s governorship candidate ahead of the supplementary polls slated for December 5.
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| Yahaya Bello and Audu Abubakar |
1. He was born on the 18th of June, 1975 to the family of Alhaji Bello and Hajiya Hauwa.
2. He hails from Igbirra, Okene local government area in Kogi central senatorial district.
3. He attended Local Government Education Authority (LGEA) primary school, Agassa in Okene LGA and finished in 1989. He attended six different secondary schools.
4. After he finished from secondary school in 1994, he enrolled for the IJMB programme at the Kaduna State Polytechnic, Zaria. He spent five months on the programme and passed the exams with 12 points with which he was offered admission at the Ahmadu Bell University, Zaria to study BSc Accounting.
5. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting from the Ahmadu Bello University Zaria and a Master’s degree in Business Administration from the same institution.
6. He did his one year National Youth Service Corp (NYSC) programme at Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) in Abuja.
7. He is a businessman and the Managing Director of FairPlus International Ltd.
8. He is the chairman of Kogi Youth Arise Forum.
9. He is also a Chartered Fellow of Association of National Accountant of Nigeria (ANAN).
10. He worked at the Revenue Mobilization and Fiscal Commission where he rose to the position of Assistant Chief Accountant.
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