The candidate of the People’s Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the ongoing Kogi State governorship election, Senator Dino Melaye, has demanded the cancellation of the election process in five Local Government Areas of the State.
The Local governments he mentioned are Okene, Okehi, Adavi, Ajaokuta and Ogori/Mangogo.
In a post made on his X account, @-Dinomelaye, he described the exercise in the five council areas as a coordinated scam by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
He wrote: “INEC must cancel the election in the 5 local governments of Kogi-Central. The election in Okene, Okehi, Ajaoukuta, Adavi, and Ogori/Mangogo is a scam coordinated from the highest level of INEC.”
In the meantime, Melaye has posted the result at his polling unit 001, Iluafon quarters, Aiyetoro 1, Ijumu Local Government Area, where he won despite not showing up.
He had boycotted the exercise in the state to, according to a source, not to give the election credibility as the outcome is already predetermined.
The PDP candidate was seen in his country home with some of his people staying away from the exercise where voting commenced around 8AM at the polling unit and ended around 2PM. Read more.
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