Dino Melaye was the PDP governorship candidate, in the March 18 governorship election in Kogi State
By Kehinde Okeowo
A Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the March 18 gubernatorial election, Dino Melaye has described reports that he collected N3 billion from his party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar and business mogul, Aliko Dangote for the Kogi Guber election as fake news.
The PDP chieftain made this known recently at a dinner organised in his honour by members of his campaign organisation, in Abuja.
He described the claims that he collected “N1 billion from Atiku and N2 billion from Dangote” as a lie being peddled by his detractors.
He went on to say these betrayers who are spreading the rumour were out to derail his campaign during the poll.
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Speaking at the event, Dino Melaye said: “One of the lessons is that the east now know more than ever before, that they cannot become governor alone. You will have to collaborate with other zones to become governor.
“The second lesson is also for those of us from the west. Next time, we should listen to the words of wisdom from our elders and not from commercialized characters who because of their individual and selfish interests created problems for us.
“Because at the end of the day, what our elders have been saying that this will be the worst (election) for us, is eventually what happened.”