- Described the exercise in the five council areas as a coordinated scam
The governorship candidate of People’s Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Senator Dino Melaye has demanded the cancellation of ongoing election process in five Local Government Areas of the State.
The Local government, according to the PDP candidate are Okene, Okehi, Adavi, Ajaokuta and Ogori/Mangogo.
Melaye, in a post on his X account @-Dinomelaye, described the exercise in the five council areas as a coordinated scam by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
He alleged that the election results of the five local government area of the State were compromised from the polling unit.
He said: “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.”
Meanwhile, Dino Melaye won his polling unit.
According to election results recorded and declared by the presiding electoral officer after ballot casting on Saturday, Melaye defeated the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate, Ahmed Ododo, with 210 to 22 votes.
Other results at the Open Space Polling Unit in Iluafon Quarters under Aiyetoro 1 registration area of Ijumu LGA of the State, show that ADC got 7 votes, PRP – 2, SDP – 1, NRM – 1, and ADP – 1
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