Dino Melaye over Kogi State Election : reject Ododo’s victory
On the 12th of October, the candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress in the Kogi State Governorship Election, Usman Ododo was declared the winner of the poll, on Sunday. To this effect, The Pdp candidate, Dino Melaye had a very strong disagreement to the result announced.
The Independent National Electoral Commission had on Sunday declared Ododo winner after scoring a total of 446,238 votes to defeat his opponents, Ajaka and Melaye who polled 259, 052 votes and 46,262 votes respectively.
Dino Melaye over Kogi State Election
Regardless, Melaye has called for the cancellation of the election result due to what he termed “irregularities that marred the election.” Speaking in Lokoja on Sunday, he said that the irregularities added to the Sunday’s election from three senatorial district should be cancelled.
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