Dino Melaye rejects Kogi gubernatorial result, calls for total cancellation of election

The Kogi state governorship candidate of the People Democratic Party (PDP), Dino Melaye has rejected the election held on Saturday.

He is also calling for the total cancellation of the Kogi state off-cycle election conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.

Expressing his disappointment at the process of the polls, Melaye told the press in Lokoja on Sunday that the election was a sham.

According to him, INEC officials refused to make available results sheet in most polling units, adding that the areas he won, there were no available results sheet to record.

He slammed INEC saying that the electoral commission is imcompetent, cannot be trusted as it has showed it is biased and compromised.

Dino Melaye said;

“There was no election, accreditation was done manually, BVAS not used, prepared result sheets were available before election.”

“INEC must cancel the election. We have evidence to back up. INEC has manifested gross incompetence; it cannot be trusted, it is biased and compromised,” he said.

“I call for a total cancellation of the election. I sympathize with Kogi people; I weep for Nigeria and generation unborn.”

“A youth corper was caught yesterday with prepared result sheets and over one million naira in his bag. How did the APC get access to sensitive materials. I have seen digital rigging in the past, but this very one is legendary and scientific. We will not allow this to stand. We wait to see what INEC will do. This is not the end of it”, he said.

Okene LG alone wrote 138,416 for APC. This cooked result can’t be accepted. Total Cancellation is the Answer pic.twitter.com/xU0REKly3M

— Senator Dino Melaye. (SDM) (@_dinomelaye) November 12, 2023