Governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Dino Melaye has demanded the cancellation of the ongoing elections in five Local Government Areas of the state.
Gatekeepers News reports that Melaye listed the LGAs as Okene, Okehi, Ajaokuta, Adavi, and Ogori/Mangogo.
The governorship candidate alleged that the results from the units were compromised.
Melaye through his official X account, 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.”
Melaye failed to show up at his polling unit situated at Iluafon quarters, Aiyetoro 1, Ijumu Local Government Area of the state.
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, and the Department of State Services, DSS had also visited his polling units.
Dino, alongside the candidate of the African Democratic Congress, Leke Abejide, popularly referred to as “Elder” are the two major candidates gunning for the position of governor from the Kogi West Senatorial District.
Electoral observers say Abejide who is a serving lawmaker may affect Dino’s chances at the governorship polls.
Kogi-West, which Dino hails from has never produced a governor since the inception of the state.
