Melaye Rejects Kogi Governorship Election Result

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The candidate of the People Democratic Party (PDP) Senator Dino Melaye has rejected the result of the Saturday’s governorship election.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared the All Progressives Congress(APC) candidate Ahmed Ododo the winner of the content.

But Melaye described the election as a sham and charade, saying “the purported APC victory was a pure daylight robbery that cannot withstand democratic test in all measure”.

The INEC state returning officer for the election, Prof. Johnson Urama, declared Ododo winner after securing 446,237 votes while his main challenger, Murtala Ajaka of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) scored 259,052 votes.

Melaye polled 46,362 to came distant third.

Speaking on the outcome of the election, Melaye said that the irregularities that marred Saturdays Election in all the three Senatorial Districts was unprecedented in the history of the State and should not be allowed to stand.

He described the exercise as ‘shameful and unhealthy”, regretting that INEC has not learnt any lesson to realize, ameliorate and palliate the problem they reportedly created to democratic process during the general elections.

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