Faleke stay in the position God has put you:: oliseh metu

The national publicity secretary of the
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Oliseh Metu
has called on the deputy gubernatorial
candidate of the All Progressive Congress in
the Kogi election to remain calm.
Metu in a conversation with Naij.com said
James Falake’s move to side-line the
Independent National Electoral Commission
(INEC) to declare him winner of Saturday’s
election in Kogi is inappropriate.
Metu said: “Well It is completely inappropriate
of him, he is coming out too soon after the
death of his boss; he should be in mourning,
mourning the candidate that would have made
him deputy.”
He said the move by the deputy gubernatorial
candidate would only raise suspicions about
him and the death of the late APC Kogi state
flag bearer, Abubakar Audu.
He said: “ For Falake, the deputy gubernatorial
candidate, let him keep cool and stay where
God has put him, let him take it easy and wait
for God’s time. That is our warning to him, he
appears to be overly excited and being unduly
happy about the demise of his boss.”

“The mature and crucial thing for him to do is to
keep quiet and follow the process, he should be
much more respectful to his departed boss than
engaging in opportunism. Otherwise, he would
raise suspicion on whether he is celebrating the
death of his boss,” Metu said.
Following the death of Audu on Sunday,
November 22, the electoral body declared the
kogi election inconclusive with about 91
polling units yet to conduct elections.
Since his death, his deputy, Falake has
written to INEC to declare him the governor-
elect for the state.
But the PDP scribe said following Audu’s
death, the APC no longer has a candidate
and that INEC should declare the party’s
candidate, Idris Wada winner.
“The truth is that APC has no candidate, and
having no candidate, PDP should be declared
winner because Wada has the highest number
of votes and it satisfies the two third
requirement, so, he should be declared the
winner.

The gap of the 49,000 votes for the
supplementary election is less than the gap
between Wada and next candidate. So, we
believe that there is no need for a
supplementary election,” Metu said.
He said: “Wada should be declared the winner,
that is why we headed to court and we know
that the judiciary would obey the laws of our
land. We will get victory, Wada will be
declared.”
Metu also said that the views of the electoral
body and the APC on the Kogi election is
inconsequential as the party has taken the
matter to the court.
“The INEC and APC are no more important, the
matter has gone to the court and justice would
be done. The opinion of INEC is longer
important, it is the judiciary that will make
pronouncement on the matter,” he said.