Senator Dino Melaye has denied plans to contest the governorship race in Kogi State as the deputy to a former governor of the state, Idris Wada.
The lawmaker, who is favourite to clinch the ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the election in November, said in a statement on Thursday by his media aide, Gideon Ayodele, that the rumour was meant to stop his emergence as the party’s governorship candidate.
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“Capt. Idris Wada lost the last election as a sitting governor and it makes no sense that Dino Melaye, a man with better idea and clearer vision, will queue behind such an aspirant,” the statement said.
PDP will on September 3 hold its governorship primary.
Governor Yahaya Bello of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has already won the bid to seek re-election.
