The governorship candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Prince Audu Abubakar is dead. A stalwart of the party in Lokoja who preferred to be anonimous confirmed in a telephone conversation that Audu was reported to have slumped and died in his residence at Ogbonicha in the state.
The former governor of the state was close to being declared the winner of the Saturday poll before the Independent National Electoral Commission Returning Officer, Prof Emmanuel Kucha declared the election inconclusive.