I will not be available for swearing in with Bello on Jan. 27, says Faleke By NAN

The All Progressives Congress’ (APC) deputy
governorship candidate in Kogi, Mr Abiodun
Faleke, says he will not make himself available
for swearing in with Alhaji Yahaya Bello on
January 27, 2016.
Faleke stated this at a meeting of APC
stakeholders in Kogi West Senatorial District in
Kabba, Kogi State on Monday
He explained that this was in furtherance of his
earlier letter to the national leadership of the
party not to work with Bello, then governorship
candidate.
Faleke, who was reacting to resolutions reached
at the meeting that he should pursue the legal
option to a logical conclusion, held that the Audu/
Faleke ticket remained intact and unchanged.
“I will not disappoint Prince Abubakar Audu. I,
James Abiodun Faleke will not be there for the
swearing in if we don’t finish the case before the
Jan. 27, 2016.
“Nobody consulted me before making me a
deputy to Bello. Bello too did not consult me. I
have made my position known to the party
leadership on this. I am not ready to betray and
disappoint Prince Abubakar Audu”, he said.
He exonerated President Mohammadu Buahri
from the crisis, saying that Buhari he knows
cannot be a party to injustice and outright
violation of the rule of law.
Faleke warned the leadership of the party against
setting it on a path of destruction through
impunity and injustice, adding that they should
learn from what happened to the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP).
He said the present struggle was a complex one
and beyond him, saying that it was about
emancipation of the people and the future of the
state.
While asking the people not to fight or castigate
anybody over the development, Faleke said those
who are fighting in 2015 for positions in 2019
were trying God.
“People are fighting for 2019 in 2015. Are they
God? What is happening is beyond hunan
imagination’’, he said.
He warned members and supporters of the party
against fighting or castigating anybody, saying
that those behind the plot were only working to
actualise God’s plan and the ultimate liberation
of the state from the jaws of poverty and under-
development.
“I am a marathoner, no matter how bumpy and
rough the road is, we shall get there’’, he said.
According to him, the constitutional crisis created
by the sudden death of Audu, when finally
resolved will enrich the country’s democracy.
He thanked the Igalas for their support and
resolve to defend the mandate with their blood
and assured them that their efforts will not be in
vain.