Senator Dino Melaye has won the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship ticket for the November 11 governorship election in Kogi State.
Melaye defeated other aspirants in the keenly contested primary election.
Dino was declared winner by the returning officer on Sunday.
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According to Senator Ahmed Makarfi, the chairman of the PDP primary election committee who announced the results, Senator Melaye got.
313 votes to clinch the ticket.
Also, he disclosed that Ilona Idoko. Kingsley scored 124 votes; Usman Mohammed Kabiru got 121 votes and Abayomi Sunday Awoniyi, a former. Deputy governor, pulled 77 votes.
Engineer Wada Musa secured 56 votes; Ojaja Gideon Enama got 5 votes and Olufemi Olarewaju scored 2 votes.
Senator Markarfi declared that six votes were recorded void .
It was gathered that one Abdullahi Haruna (SAN) withdrew from the race before voting commenced
The former lawmaker will be up against Usman Ododo, the flagbearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the election.
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