Dino Melaye was born on January 7, 1974 in Kano State, Nigeria. He is a Nigerian politician, a former senator and was a member of the 8th Nigerian National Assembly, representing Kogi West Senatorial district. He is from Ayetoro Gbede in Ijumu Local Government Area of Kogi State.

In 2015 he defected to All Progressives Congress (APC) but returned to PDP in the buildup to 2019 elections after months of political struggle with Kogi State governor.

He was the Chairman Senate Committee on Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja. And briefly the Senate Committee Chairman on Aviation in Nigeria. He was the spokesperson of 2023 presidential candidate of People’s Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar.

Dino attended Abdulaziz Attah Memorial College, Okene for his secondary school education. He graduated from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria where he studied geography in 2000.

He led the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) and later became the Secretary-General of African Youth Council and then that of the Commonwealth Youth Council. He was appointed by President Olusegun Obasanjo to chair the Presidential Advisory Council on Youths.

In 2015, he defected to the People's Democratic Party where he was re-elected as a member of the House of Representatives representing Kabba/Ijumu federal constituency. In the 2015 Senatorial election he was elected a member of the Senate of Nigeria from the Kogi-West.

Dino Melaye contested for the Kogi State gubernatorial election which was held on 16 November 2019. On 3 September 2019, He lost his gubernatorial ambition in a keenly contested primary election where he came third, with a total of 70 votes behind Engr. Musa Wada who won with 748 votes in count.

He has been declared the winner of the 2023 Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship primary election in Kogi state, to be deputized by Hon. Habeebat Deen.

He lost the 2023 Kogi State Governorship Election as he came third with 46,362 votes and Ahmed Usman Ododo who emerged winner from the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Muritala Ajaka from the Social Democratic Party (SDP) coming second with 259,052 votes.

Melaye is currently unmarried. He was previously married to Tokunbo Melaye for ten years. She filed for divorce after a case of domestic violence. Tokunbo has three children with Dino Melaye.

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