Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi state has alleged that the petition filed by the deputy governorship candidate, James Faleke of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the last governorship election in the state, against his victory polarised the party.
Bello, who spoke in a statewide broadcast at the weekend said the petition was filed at a time all members of the party in the state should have come together and act as one, after the death of its governorship candidate, Prince Abubakar Audu.
“I must confess that the petition by Honourable James Abiodun Faleke was a bit harder to come to terms with because it came from within the ranks of our great party, the APC. It is never an easy task when a leader finds himself in conflict with elements of his own support group and I found it particularly hard to face with fellow party men in the press and in the court.
“Honourable James Abiodun Faleke’s was a petition that greatly polarised our party at a time we really needed to act as one in order to survive the heavy blow dealt the APC in Kogi State by the sudden and painful death of our leader, Prince Abubakar Audu.
