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The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that supporters
of James Faleke, running mate to the late Prince Abubakar Audu and Yahaya
Bello, his runner up in the party primaries yesterday, Monday clashed at the secretariat
of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Abuja.
The death of Prince Audu on November 22, resulted
in a need to replace the party's candidate in the state’s governorship election
which the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had declared
inconclusive and ordered fresh elections in 5 local government areas of the Kogi
state. These two men are now locked in a battle as to who will contest on the
platform of the APC for the Kogi state government house.
Information has it that supporters of Bello
arrived at the party’s secretariat at 11:30 a.m. chanting "Sai Yahaya
Bello" while those for Faleke arrived an hour later and both groups
started to attack themselves with stones and sticks before police
reinforcement arrived the scene. Their weapons of war were seen all over the
scene when peace was restored.
This was after the police succeeded in confining the
two groups to the extreme ends of the street where their members continued to chant
solidarity songs.
The fracas left properties destroyed such as
vehicle windows which were broken.
The party’s National Working Committee members
and some of its leaders of APC, including Governor Nasir El-rufai of Kaduna
State and Senator Dino Melaye were seen holding an emergency meeting at the
secretariat towards resolving the matter.
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