Senator Dino Melaye has emerged the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate for the November 11 governorship election in Kogi State.
Former Senator who represented Kogi west at the National Assembly, Sen. Dino Melaye has won the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Governorship ticket for Kogi State.
Sen. Melaye in a Congress held at Kefas Multipurpose Hall on Sunday scored over fifty percent of the votes cast.
Sen. Melaye pulled over 300 votes to beat his closest rival Barr. Kabiru Usman who over 100 votes.
In a tension-soaked election, with protest leading to the Congress over the delegates list, the process however went on smoothly, with the supervision of the Independent National Electoral Commission.
The former lawmaker will be up against Usman Ododo, the flagbearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the election.
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