A former Senator, Dino Melaye has said he lost the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) senatorial primary in Kogi State because some people ganged up against him. It could be recalled that the, lawmaker representing Kabba/Bunu Ijumu Federal constituency, Tajudeen Yusuf, defeated Melaye to clinch the PDP’s senatorial ticket in the state. In a rerun election […]
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The bid by Senator Dino Melaye to return to the Senate was finally consigned to the dustbin on Tuesday as the Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja dismissed the petition he filed for upturning of the victory of Smart Adeyemi of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in the November 2019 by-election into the Kogi West […]
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Sen. Dino Melaye has thanked the people of his constituency for “rising to his defence” by shunning the verification exercise held on April 28 to recall him from the Senate. Melaye, in a statement issued in Lokoja on Sunday, also thanked the political leaders, elders and traditional rulers in Kogi West for “rescuing him from […]
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Reports have shown that many constituents from Kogi West, Senator Dino Melaye’s senatorial district shunned the INEC verification exercise on the lawmaker’s recall held on Saturday. The exercise was planned to take place in 560 polling units that make up the senatorial district. Online news platform, TheCable said some constituents told it the exercise slated […]
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If you think the trouble around Senator representing Kogi west, Dino Melaye, is abating any time soon, you just might need to rethink it, as the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it will commence his recall process on Saturday. This follows a recent ruling by the appeal court which gave INEC the go-ahead to carry […]
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Dino Melaye, the senator representing Kogi West Senatorial, has filed an appeal at the Supreme Court, seeking an order restraining the INEC from proceeding with his recall from the Senate. Mr Melaye’s appeal is sequel to a judgment delivered by the Court of Appeal on March 16, which gave INEC the go ahead to continue […]
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The process for the recall of Sen. Dino Melaye is gathering momentum as his constituents, Kogi West Senatorial District, submitted a petition to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) demanding his removal from the Senate. Melaye is a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), represents the district at the upper chamber of the National […]
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A total of 188, 588 voters, representing 52.3 percent of the total number of registered voters in Kogi west senatorial district have reportedly approved the recall of Dino Melaye from the senate. Pius Kolawole, a special adviser to Yahaya Bello, governor of the state, announced this on Monday in Lokoja while addressing party members from the district. He […]
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As the recall move against Sen. Dino Melaye (APC-Kogi West) gathers momentum, he has said that the move by the electorate in his constituency will fail. Melaye, who addressed his supporters in Kabba, Kogi state, on Sunday said his achievements in the Senate were enormous and as such the people of the constituency were solidly […]
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Mr Wilson Inalegwu, the Commissioner of Police in Kogi, on Wednesday confirmed the arrest of Alhaji Taofiq Isah, Administrator of Ijumu Local Government, over alleged assassination attempt on Sen. Dino Melaye. The senator’s country residence in Kogi was reportedly attacked in the early hours of Saturday, April 15. Briefing newsmen in Lokoja, Inalegwu said that […]
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