Trouble: Kogi’s non deputy-governor elect, Faleke dragged to court for double representation

Hon. James Faleke, the standard running mate to the Prince Abubakar Audu, the deceased All Progressives Congress (APC) gubernatorial candidate in the November 21 election is in fresh trouble. Hon. Faleke has been dragged to court by a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate who contested the House of Representatives election for Ikeja federal constituency 1, Lagos state, Mr. Olakunle Okunola, demanding that he should be sacked immediately from the National Assembly for being a “double representative.”

Hon. Faleke has refused to accept his party’s position that he should be sworn-in next Wednesday, January 27, as Deputy Governor to Alhaji Yahaya Bello who was picked to replace late Audu.

In a suit marked FHC/L/CS/1680/15, Okunola is challenging the nomination of James Abiodun Faleke, by All Progressives Congress (APC), as its candidate for the House of Representatives election of March 28, 2015, representing the Ikeja Federal Constituency 1 of Lagos State.

Okunola is also challenging Faleke’ nomination by the APC, as deputy governorship candidate for the November 21, 2015, gubernatorial election of Kogi State, under the Ekinrin Ade Ward of Ijumu Local Government Area, Kogi state which he considers as a “violation of the law.”
Okunola is seeking an order of the court compelling Faleke to vacate his seat as a member of the House of Representatives, representing Ikeja Federal Constituency 1, forthwith from the date of the transfer of his membership and data by INEC from Lagos state to Kogi state.
He has requested for an order of perpetual injunction restraining the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from any further reversal or transfer of Faleke’s voting and membership data from Ekinrin-Ade Ward in Ijumu LGA of Kogi state to the Ikeja Federal Constituency 1 of Lagos state.
Meanwhile, James Faleke has insisted that he would not be deputy to the governor-elect, Yahaya Bello.

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