BREAKING: APC to replace late Audu with another candidate in Kogi poll


Following the sudden death of Abubakar Audu, the Kogi state's former governor and gubernatorial candidate in the state's recent poll, his party, All Peoples' Congress (APC) has expressed its resolve to field another candidate in his stead in the upcoming elections. The recently-held November 14 gubernatorial poll was inconclusive though Audu was leading.

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