Prayers being said by Muslim clerics

Thousands of supporters and sympathisers on Monday thronged Ogbonicha, the home town of Prince Abubakar Audu to witness the burial of the APC Kogi governorship candidate.

A NAN correspondent who covered the burial said that the late politician’s supporters could not hold back tears as he was lowered into the grave at 1.32 p.m.

A relation of Prince Audu  in tears

Audu, 68 years old in October,  died suddenly on Sunday after gravely falling ill on Saturday..

Sheikh Salman Adam, the Chairman, Kogi Council of Ulamah, assisted by Chief Imam of Anyigba, Imam Yahaya Musa, presided over the Islamic burial rites.

Some APC leaders at the burial

A Muslim Scholar, Alhaji Kassim Imam, in a brief funeral speech, said only God had the right to give or take life as no human had that right.

He said that Audu’s death should not be ascribed to the making or wishes of any man, saying it was his time to go back to his creator.

The grave where he was buried

Among those at the funeral were APC National Chairman, John Odigie-Oyegun, former governors, political associates, including James Faleke, the Deputy Governorship candidate.

Audu’s corpse being carried to its final resting place