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Dino Melaye wins Kogi PDP governorship primary

Senator Dino Melaye has won the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, ticket for the Kogi State governorship election scheduled for November 11.

Dino Melaye polled 313 votes to defeat his closest rival, Jabiru Usman, who polled 127 votes.

Chairman, 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 56 votes.

Therefore, Dino Melaye will fly PDP’s flag in the November 11 election alongside a former Auditor General of Local Government in Kogi State, Usman Ododo who is the candidate of the All Progressive Congress, APC.

The incumbent governor, Yahaya Bello, had days ago endorsed Ododo.

 

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