A former Deputy-Governor of Kogi State, Yomi Awoniyi, has said the victory of Dino Melaye at the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship primary in the state on Sunday “portends great danger” to the unity of Nigeria’s main opposition party.
POLITICS NIGERIA reports that Awoniyi also said the PDP might not win the November 11 governorship election with Melaye as its candidate.
Recall that Melaye, a former senator representing Kogi West, emerged winner of the primary with 313 votes. Awoniyi came second with 77 votes.
But in a statement on Monday in Lokoja, Awoniyi described Melaye’s votes as products of “tainted delegates list.”
“Without an iota of doubt, I make bold to say Senator Melaye’s victory is a pyrrhic one,” he said.
“This victory portends great danger to the unity of our party and the prospect of winning the November 11 governorship election.
“The primary that threw up Senator Melaye was flawed; 158 delegates, who emerged from the state ad hoc congress of March 29, 2023, were replaced by the woeful Senator Abdul Ningi Congress Committee, working in concert with Senator Dino Melaye’s enablers within the party hierarchy at the highest level.”
