Dino Melaye Loses Senatorial Seat To APC's Smart Adeyemi

The up-and-comer of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Smart Adeyemi, has won the Kogi West senatorial region political race, crushing his primary adversary, Senator Dino Melaye. 


The Returning Officer of the political race, Professor Olajide Lawal, declared this on Saturday at the resemblance focus in Kogi State. 

As indicated by him, Senator Adeyemi surveyed an aggregate of 88,373 votes to beat Senator Dino Melaye of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who scored 62,133 votes. 

Minister Rufus Aiyenigba of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) came third in the survey with 659 votes and was trailed by John Olabode and Adeyemi Taiwo of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) and Nigeria Elements Progressive Party (NEPP who) accumulated 262 and 119 votes separately. 

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) proclaimed the APC up-and-comer as the champ of the distinctly challenged political race two weeks after the individuals of the senatorial region went to the survey. 

See the outcome underneath:

December 02, 2019