Kogi gov election: Idris wants Audu to step down 'Court fixes Nov 24 for suit on PDP candidate

LESS than two weeks to the governorship election in Kogi State, the state governor, Alhaji Ibrahim Idris, has advised Prince Abubakar Audu to step down from the race.Speaking with Nigerian Tribune on Wednesday, Governor Idris said the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) governorship candidate had already lost out in Kogi State politics.He said it was sad that Prince Audu was alleging that he the governor and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) want to rig the election with thugs and weapons.Governor Idris, who spoke through his Director- General, Press, said that in 2003, he defeated Audu without making use of thugs, fake policemen and money as he was voted for because of his ideology .He said in 2007 he defeated him again and when the court ordered for a re-election he still defeated him.Governor Idris said it was time Prince Audu quit politics and allowed vibrant youths to take over adding that the statement made by Audu was uncalled for.Meanwhile, a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Wednesday, fixed November 24 to begin hearing as to who is the authentic standard-bearer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kogi State in the December 3 governorship election.Earlier, the presiding judge, Justice Bilikisu Aliyu, had joined Jibrin Isah Echocho and Idris Wada as second plaintiff and fourth respondents respectively in the suit filed by a chieftain of PDP in the state, Umar Lawal, seeking an order of the court to stop Wada's nomination.Echocho had won the PDP governorship primary held in January before a Federal High Court elongated the tenure of five state governors, Kogi inclusive.When the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) released another time table, Kogi PDP had gone ahead to conduct another primary election which Idris Wada emerged as the winner.
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