Senator Dino Melaye was on
Tuesday affirmed as the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, flagbearer for Kogi West
senatorial district for the 2019 general election.
There was a twist in the primary
as four other contenders in the race were not cleared by the party screening
committee while two others stepped down for the Senator who just returned from
the APC to the party.
Those who stepped down for Melaye
were former commissioner of local government and chieftaincy affairs,
Tolorunjuwon Faniyi and the current Reps member representing Kabba/bunu/ ijumu
federal constituency, Hon. Tajudeen Yusuf.
Those not cleared for the primary
included Sunday Karimi, member representing Yagba federal constituency, former
acting governor of the state, Clarence Olafemi, Henry Ojuola and Ganiyu
Salaudeen all from the Yagba federal constituency who felt it was their turn to
produce the next senator.
The affirmation primaries was
conducted at the Prestige hotels in Kabba, headquarters of the senatorial
district.
Returning officer for the
exercise, Mr. Jude Sule said Melaiye scored all the delegates votes from the
seven council areas that made the district.
The exercise which was peaceful
was monitored by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, and some
security personnel.
Reacting after the exercise,
Melaiye said the affirmation was “Shocking but not surprising” bearing in mind
that he has represented the axis wonderfully at the upper champer of the
national assembly.
He said the decision of the party
to endorse him will act as a tonic for him to work more for the district when
he eventually wins his secord term bid.
He, however, appealed to all
other aspirants who were aggrieved about his choice for the party to let go of
their anger and join hands with him to rid the state and the country of the bad
governance of APC, both at the state and national level.
Meanwhile, tension was said to be
very high at Idah, venue of the Kogi East senatorial district where seven
aspirants, including the incumbent senator Attai Aidoko are vying for the
conveted seat.
As at 6:00pm, the delegates were
said to still be endlessly waiting for the arrival of the voting materials.
In a similar development, the
central senatorial district is said to be in disarray as the three aspirants
are also waiting for the election materials from the PDP headquarters.
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