'West committed blunder' - Dino Melaye reveals lessons from Kogi governorship election

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the Kogi governorship election, Senator Dino Melaye has revealed the lessons of the Saturday, November 11 off-cycle election.

Melaye blamed Leke Abejide of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) and Olayinka Braimoh of the Action Alliance(AA) who are from his zone, Kogi West for refusing to step down.

According to Daily Trust, Melaye said if Leke and Braimoh had stepped down for him, even the people of Kogi East would have supported his candidacy.

He stated this while addressing PDP chieftains, members of his campaign team and supporters at a thank-you dinner in Abuja, on Friday, December 8.

“If there were to be proper elections, the tenants and doctrines of democracy respected, it would not be the way it is. If there is nothing to take home from this election, it is enough to say that the West committed a blunder, not the entire West, those episodic elders. So that’s enough consideration for most of us who are here.

“The truth of the matter is, if the two other candidates from the West had listened to the voice of wisdom on time, if Leke and Braimoh had stepped down on time, the kind of agenda that happened in the East would not happen, because the East also got disenchanted, got disillusioned that the West is not organized.

He added that the other lesson is that the people of Kogi East have been shown that they cannot become governor without the support of other zones.

“This election also taught a lot of lessons. One of the lessons is that the East now know more than ever before, that they cannot become governor alone. You will have to collaborate with another zones to become governor.”