“My uncle was poisoned, he was poisoned,” the source told our reporter in between tears. “He shared a meal with a top APC chieftain from the South West (name withheld) a few days ago. Since then, he has not been himself. His death is planned. It is all about usurping his position.”
His condition however deteriorated on Sunday morning when he suffered a stroke and died at his home in Ogbonicha. "After a while he became unconscious and died around 5 a.m. on Sunday morning," the family source said.
According to a source inside the Audu Campaign Organisation, Audu suffered another stroke, shortly after the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared the result of the election inconclusive. Our source, who didn’t wish to be named, said that Audu died of a massive heart attack soon after.
Audu who was 68 years at the time of his death was governor of Kogi twice, January 1992 to November 1993 and May 1999 to May 2003.
He is survived by wives and children.
He is scheduled to be buried according to Islamic rites at 10am on Monday (today)
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