Mona Mustapha Audu son of late Prince Abubakar Audu is seriously considering dumping the Young Progressives Party (YPP) for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
Audu is one of the many who are angling to vie the November 16 Kogi state governorship election.
His father was the governorship standard bearer of the party during the 2015 race.
Some sources said Audu is being urged by some elements within the presidency to stand for the election against incumbent Governor, Yahaya Bello.
Mustapha Audu’s recent visit to the presidency is said not to be unconnected with reports that his romance with the YPP may be coming to an end.
Some political pundits in both Abuja, the seat of power and Kogi, have however posited that such a move will amount to a betrayal of the YPP, which not long ago gave him the ticket to contest the forthcoming Kogi governorship election.
The late Audu’s son who ended a charity outreach programme during the week, was reportedly spotted in Abuja, with the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr. Boss Mustafa and Hon Gidado Samani, Special Adviser to the President on Political Matters.
Since declaring for the YPP over a month ago, the late Audu’s son has been under pressure from members of his family and Kogi APC elders, to return to the ruling party.
Why the date for his return to the APC remains unknown, a source close to the family said, “it will happen in a matter of days.”
