Dino Melaye prays for INEC after Kogi state governorship lose

Kogi State Governorship candidate, Dino Melaye has showered prayers on the Independent National Electoral Commission after coming a distant third in the gubernatorial election.

INEC declared Ahmed Usman Ododo of the All progressives Congress winner of the Kogi election after polling 446, 237 votes to beat his other contenders.

Dino Melaye who was displeased by the irregularities that occurred during the November 11 election, called for the cancellation of the polls.

Having polled 46, 362 votes, Dino accused the INEC officials of rigging the elections in favour of the ruling APC.

He said; “Yesterday in the five local governments of central senatorial districts in Kogi State, there was no election. In the end surprisingly, accreditation was done manually, the BVAS was not used.

“Prepared sheets manifested even before accreditation and evidence is all over media.

“INEC as matter of urgency must cancel the election. Many areas where I won, my agents were told there were no available result sheet to enter the result and we have evidence to back up this 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 they can not be trusted, they are biased, they are compromised and they can not be a neutral umpire.

“INEC officials, youth corps members were caught yesterday with prepared result sheets even before the commencement of the processes. A youth corps member was arrested with prepared result and N1 million.

“They was deliberate suppression my of my votes in Lokoja and Kogi local governments. This was deliberately done by governor Yahaya Bello and APC to make sure that even by their orchestrated arrangement, I don’t come second, because they do believe that there will be a a second ballot and they believe if there is a second ballot I have influence and tremendous support in the central and I can make an in road in the East.

“So they preferred any other person to become second,” Senator Melaye said.

After several days of venting, Dino Melaye shared a video of himself praying for INEC in church.

He was seen singing praises to God with some members of a church.

Watch the video below;

GOD WILL ALWAYS BE GOD, WHEN MAN BEHAVES LIKE MAN. GOD WILL ALWAYS ACT AS GOD. NO ONE CAN TAKE HIS PLACE. HE IS GOD. pic.twitter.com/1HKjf5CtMg

— Senator Dino Melaye. (SDM) (@_dinomelaye) November 19, 2023