Governorship Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP , in Kogi State , Senator Dino Melaye , has described the just concluded election in the state on Saturday as a sham. Melaye, who lampooned the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC , for declaring the All Progressive Congress, APC , governorship candidate, Usman Ododo, as the winner, insisted that he would not accept the olive branch extended to him. He said, “Darkness and light don’t concur. There’s no relationship.
In other words, we are on parallel lines; our paths don’t cross. APC, Usman Ododo, I don’t work in darkness.” Asked why he didn’t vote, he said, “Either I voted or not has no meaning; people win elections from prisons. So whether I voted or not is immaterial. “To start with, there was no election; there was only the allocation of votes by INEC. The election was shameful, and I sympathize with this countr
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