Nigeria: I will reconcile with Audu’s family, Kogi governor-elect says

The Governor-elect of Kogi state, Yahaya Bello, of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has stated that he would commence the process of reconciliation with the family members of the late candidate of the party, Abubakar Audu, whom he replaced after getting the nod of the leadership of the party.
Mr. Bello was announced as the winner of the election on Sunday after the results of supplementary election, which held in 19 polling units, were announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.
After the death of Mr. Audu, and the announcement by INEC directing the APC to replace its candidate in order to complete the election earlier declared inconclusive, the Kogi State chapter of the party had asked the national leadership of the party to allow the son of the late Mr. Audu, Mohammed Audu, run with the running mate of his father, James Faleke.

Mr. Bello in an interview monitored on Silverbird Television while speaking with reporters in Lokoja, the state capital, shortly after he was declared governor elect said the major task ahead of him is to reconcile all the warring factions of the party in the state.
“I have to embark on a quick reconciliatory move towards the immediate family as well as the political family of the late great leader of our party, and all other leaders of our party and even outside the party by reaching out to them,” he said.
The new governor also called on his supporters to be modest in their celebration as a mark of respect to late Audu. He said he would transform Kogi state by working in line with the manifesto of the APC.
He promised “justice, fairness and equity in the distribution of resources across the state”.