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Adeyemi Trashing Melaye With Over 14,000 Votes
Smart Adeyemi, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), is ahead of Dino Melaye, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) with over 14,000 votes in the results of the rerun election announced so far by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
The court of appeal had annulled Melaye’s victory in the February election and ordered a rerun in Kogi west senatorial district and the election was held on Saturday in the seven local government areas of Kogi west to elect their representative in the upper chamber of the national assembly.
Adeyemi is ahead of Melaye with 14,533 votes in five local government areas announced so far.
While Adeyemi cleared Kabba Bunnu, Mopamuro, Ijumu and Kogi Koton Karfe, Melaye picked just Yagba East.
In Kaba Bunnu, the APC candidate had 15,037, while his PDP rival had PDP — 8,974. In Mopamuro, APC had 4,874 votes, leaving PDP with 3,704. A total of 14,168 votes was what APC got in Kogi Koton Karfe while PDP trailed with 9,786 votes.
In Ijumu, where both men hail from, APC secured 11,627 while PDP got 7,647 votes. Melaye had 7,745 votes in Yagba East, while Adeyemi polled 6,683.
The total votes for Adeyemi in the five LGAS is 52,389, while Melaye is trailing with a distant 37,856.
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