BREAKING NEWS, Passage
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CONTRARY to earlier reports that Abubakar Audu, governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, who died on Sunday, November 22, had resurrected, his remains were buried at 2:00 pm on Monday, November 23.
The burial rites were conducted according to Islamic religion as some imams offered prayers before he was committed to mother earth.
Before the burial, heavy security was deployed at Audu’s compound as the crowd insisted he was alive.
Former governors George Akume, Abdulkadir Kure, Lucky Igbinidion and Rabiu Kwankwaso attended the interment.
The burial quelled rumours which initially engulfed Lokoja, capital of Kogi State, that the former governor had been resurrected by a prophet who came in from Lagos to pray for him.
There had been wild jubilation over rumours that Audu had resurrected, but no one confirmed seeing him. The rumours spread like wild fire in the social media which was awash with the report. Thousands trooped into his home in Ogbonicha as rumours of a revival spread. A mammoth crowd besieged the residence.
Reports said a prophet sought to pray for Audu’s corpse to bring him back to life.
But late the politician was eventually buried as sympathisers bid him a final goodbye at the grave side, while their tears flowed freely.
— Nov 23, 2015 @ 17:40 GMT
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