As confusion and legal crisis trail the inconclusive Kogi State governorship election following the death of the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Prince Abubakar Audu, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) will meet Tuesday with a consortium of lawyers to find a constitutional solution to the situation. This is even as the APC governors said they will not surrender their Kogi State mandate.
An impeccable INEC source who spoke to Daily Sun in confidence in Abuja yesterday, revealed that after several hours meeting of the National Commissioners and the Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, the eggheads of the electoral umpire have resolved to meet with a consortium of lawyers on Tuesday.
Daily Sun source further revealed that the meeting with the consortium, involving several legal luminaries, became very expedient following the commissioners’ inability to find a lasting legal and constitutional solution to the governorship election problem in Kogi.
Asked if the commission will contemplate fresh election due to the death of the APC governorship candidate, Daily Sun source said it was a very difficult decision for the National Commissioners and the chairman to take during the meeting especially as there was no provision for such, both in the Electoral Act and the 1999 Constitution. (Daily Sun)