Kogi State Governor, Capt. Idris Wada has vowed that he would seek redress at the tribunal because votes cannot be transferred from one candidate to the other.
While addressing Peoples Democratic Party stakeholders at the Government House in Lokoja, he said “As my tenure winds up on January 27, 2016, I have already constituted a transition committee to ensure smooth handover of power. This is our obligation as a government.
“However, with the Governorship Election Tribunal already in place, we shall soon be going before them to ask germane questions. As far as the law is concerned, we have not seen where it was written that a person’s votes can be transferred to another. We are sure of victory.
“As a person, I do not have problems with anyone. I am a peace loving person but the issue at stake is a constitutional one that must be given attention for the sake of posterity.”
On behalf of Kogi West and Kogi Central, former Deputy Governor of the State, Chief Sam Ola Akande asked the governor to assemble a team of competent lawyers.
He noted that the issue at hand is alien to the Nigerian constitution. Wada lost the election ot Yahaya Bello who was nominated by the All Progressives Congress after its former candidate, Abubakar Audu died.