BREAKING: Results From Dino Melaye’s Local Government In Kogi

BREAKING: Results From Dino Melaye’s Local Government In Kogi

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the November 11, 2023 governorship election, Dino Melaye, experienced defeat in his local government to the All Progressives Congress (APC).

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Hailing from the Ijumu Local Government Area of Kogi State, Melaye garnered 6,909 votes in the local government, while Usman Ododo of the APC secured 10,524 votes.

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As of the filing of this report, the collation of results from local governments in Kogi State was still underway. INEC Chairman, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, was present in Kogi, overseeing the collation of results from 21 local government areas, including Adavi, Ajaokuta, Ankpa, Bassa, Dekina, Ibaji, Idah, Ijumu, Igalamela-Odolu, Kabba/Bunu, Kogi, Lokoja, Mopa-Muro, Olamaboro, Ofu, Okehi, Omala, Ogori/Magongo, Okene, Yagba East, and Yagba West.

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Notable contenders in the November 11, 2023 poll in Kogi include Murtala Ajaka of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Leke Abejide of the African Democratic Party (ADC), Dino Melaye of the PDP, and Usman Ododo of the APC, a former Auditor General of Local Government in Kogi under Governor Yahaya Bello, who is concluding his double terms of eight years.

On Saturday, Dino Melaye had raised concerns about “filled result sheets” in the Ogori/Magongo Local Government Area of Kogi, calling for the suspension of the exercise due to reported incidents of violence and vote buying. Subsequently, INEC suspended the election in nine wards in the local government area.

Parallel to the Kogi elections, governorship polls were conducted in Bayelsa State and Imo State on Saturday, resulting in Governor Hope Uzodimma of the APC emerging victorious in Imo against Samuel Anyanwu of the PDP, Labour Party (LP)’s Nneji Achonu, and 15 other opponents. Uzodimma secured 540,308 votes, outpacing PDP’s Anyanwu with 71,503 votes and LP’s Achonu with 64,081 votes.

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