A former Senator who represented Kogi West in National Assembly, Dino Melaye has been confirmed as the winner of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ticket for the Kogi State Governorship Election which is billed to take place on the 11th of November, 2023.
Africa Today News, New York gathered that Dino polled 313 votes to defeat his closest rival, Jabiru Usman who polled 127 votes.
The chairman of, the PDP primary Election Committee, Ahmed Makarfi announced the results on Sunday at end of the indirect primary held in Lokoja, the Kogi State capital.
A former Deputy Governor, Yomi Awoniyi scored 77 votes and the PDP governorship candidate in 2019, Musa Wada had a total of 56 votes.
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Dino will contest the November 11, 2023 poll alongside a former Auditor General of Local Government in Kogi State, Usman Ododo who is the candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in the state. The incumbent governor, Yahaya Bello had days ago endorsed Ododo.
Africa Today News, New York reports that Mr. Ododo who is a former Auditor General of Local Government in Kogi State, Usman Ododo has emerged as the winner of the just-concluded governorship primary of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in the state.
The election, which was conducted via a direct mode of election, took place in the 239 wards across the 21 local government areas of Kogi.
Ododo polled 78,704 votes to defeat the six other contestants. The incumbent governor, Yahaya Bello had days ago endorsed Ododo.
Melaye recently fired back at Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State who laughed off his aspiration to succeed Governor Yahaya Bello.
In a statement he posted on his verified Facebook page last Tuesday, Melaye declared that Kogi is not Rivers State where Wike determines who becomes governor, adding that power belongs to God.