1. Prince Abubakar Audu was born on 27 October 1947 to the family of his Royal Highness, the late Pa Audu Oyidi, Orego Atta of Igala Land and the paramount ruler of Ogbonicha-Alloma in Ofu Local Government Area of Kogi State.
2. He had a banking career that lasted for a total of 25 years, which he spent with First Bank – formerly known as Standard Bank.
3. Audu’s sojourn into public service began in 1986 when we has appointed as Commissioner for Finance and Economic Planning in the Old Benue state.
4. He was twice the Governor of Nigeria’s Kogi state. His first tenure was from January 1992 until November 1993 and the second from 29 May 1999 to 29 May 2003.
5. According to family sources, Mr. Audu, who has been described as hypertensive started vomiting blood on Friday night after he returned from Lokoja in a bizarre deterioration in his health condition.
6. After waking up very tired on Saturday, the day of the governorship election, the doctors had given him blood transfusion which gave him enough energy to go to the polling booth to vote in his hometown, Ogbonicha.
7. The gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kogi state was reported dead shortly after the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared his victory at the elections inconclusive.
8. He died as early as 5 a.m. Nigerian time on Sunday. The cause of his death has not been determined.
9. Prior to his death, unofficial reports revealed that he had the lead in the Kogi gubernatorial elections till it was confirmed by INEC.
10. Due to his sudden death, it is likely that his running mate, Mr James Abiodun Faleke, would emerge the next governor of the state (since he was already presumed to have won the election) or INEC have to conduct a fresh election.
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