The governorship candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party and the Social Democratic Party in Kogi State, Dino Melaye and Muritala Ajaka, have rejected the declaration of their All Progressives Congress counterpart, Usman Ododo, as the winner of the Saturday election.
The Independent National Electoral Commission had on Sunday declared Ododo winner after scoring a total of 446,238 votes to defeat his opponents, Ajaka and Melaye who polled 259, 052 votes and 46,262 votes respectively.
However, Melaye has called for the cancellation of the election due to what he termed “irregularities that marred the election.”
The Independent National Electoral Commission had on Sunday declared Ododo winner after scoring a total of 446,238 votes to defeat his opponents, Ajaka and Melaye who polled 259, 052 votes and 46,262 votes respectively.
However, Melaye has called for the cancellation of the election due to what he termed “irregularities that marred the election.”
”The INEC, as a matter of urgency, must cancel the election. In many areas where I won, my agents were told there were no available result sheets to enter the result and we have evidence to back up these claims
“As I speak to you, it is shameful that this is what our democracy has descended to. INEC has manifested ever than before, that it cannot be trusted, it is biased, it is compromised and it cannot be a neutral umpire.”
Similarly, Ajaka, in a statement rejected the results of the poll, saying it was against the electoral laws.
