Emerging Quarrel As Kogi Deputy Governorship Candidate James Faleke Doles Out Cars To APC Leaders In Lagos State

House of Representatives member, James Abiodun Faleke is causing a stir in the political circle of Lagos state societynow.ng learned.

Faleke contested the 2015 gubernatorial election in Kogi state as Deputy Governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress.

He failed in the bid to become governor after gubernatorial candidate Abubakar Audu gave up the ghost in a shocking manner.

The chain of events that trailed Audu’s death transformed Yahaya Bello into the Governor of Kogi state.

Faleke who transferred his party membership from Lagos, to be deputy governor, remained in Kogi state and became actively involved in the politics of the area.

This is despite retaining his status as Federal House of Representatives member representing Ikeja, Lagos state.

Societynow.ng gathered in March 2018, Faleke announced an intention to contest the Kabba/Bunu – Ijumu federal constituency as a federal lawmaker, while commissioning market stalls in the same area.

But his body language about five months after this announcement has resulted in emerging talks societynow.ng learned.

The Federal lawmaker is said to be back in Lagos doling out car gifts to party leaders in the state.

According to a source, “Faleke recently doled out cars gifts to all the wards in Ikeja federal constituency”.

One of the party leaders Faleke targeted with his car gifts is identified as Kemi Nelson, the Southwest Women leader of the All Progressives Congress.

Nelson immediately gave out the car gift to another politician societynow.ng learned.

Insiders disclosed news of Faleke’s car gifts has resulted in emerging talks of a plot to recontest as a Federal lawmaker in Lagos state instead of contesting in Kogi like he earlier postured.

Societynow.ng learned the development has resulted in a rising agitation against Faleke who was a former local government chairman in Lagos state.

“He was a council chairman, became House of Representatives member, transferred his party membership from Lagos to Kogi to become deputy governor and later governor and still retained the seat in all these and now he wants to come back to be re-elected? That is not only morally but, politically incorrect” is said to be the theme of rising opposition against Faleke in his perceived plot.