Directorate of State Service has detained Kogi
State deputy governor-elect, Mr. James Faleke and Alhaji Mohammed Audu,
the son of the late Abubakar Audu. The Audu/Faleke Campaign Organisation, which confirmed the development, critisised the DSS for inviting and detaining both men.
The Organisation’s Director of Media and
Publicity, Mr Duro Meseko told newsmen in Lokoja on Saturday that Faleke
was being detained alongside Alhaji Mohammed Audu, the first son of the
late Prince Abubakar Audu.
He said that the duo reported at the headquarters
of the DSS on invitation at about 10am only to be detained for
undisclosed reason.
“They were kept in an office with assurances that
an officer would attend to them soon only to keep them indefinitely,”
Meseko said.
“I am surprised that my principal, Faleke and the
eldest son of our political leader, Mohammed, are still being kept as I
speak with you, which is about 4pm. One is hoping that they are not
trying to arm twist them into abandoning the sacred mandate freely given
to Audu/Faleke ticket by the generality of Kogi people, “he said.
Meseko reiterated the resolve of the members of
the All Progressives Congress in the state not to abandon the mandate,
saying “no amount of technical detention, intimidation and harassment
will shake our resolve to get justice through the judiciary.”
He, however, distanced the organisation from the rumour making the rounds that the presidency was behind the DSS action. Faleke was the running mate to the late APC
governorship candidate in the November 21, 2015 governorship election
that was declared inconclusive by the Independent National Electoral
Commission.
Faleke is currently at the state governorship
election petition tribunal seeking to be declared the duly elected
governor of the state instead of Alhaji Yahaya Bello that the leadership
of the APC picked as a replacement for Audu.
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