Senator Dino Melaye says he gives God all the glory in the face of his defeat at the Court of Appeal.
A three-member panel of the court, led by Justice Yahaya Dantijo, in a unanimous decision on Friday, affirmed the judgement of the tribunal which sacked Melaye and ordered that fresh elections be conducted in the district.
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Justice Dantijo ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to withdraw the certificate of return given to Melaye and conduct a fresh election within the time frame of the law.
However, in a tweet on Friday, Melaye told his supporters to be law-abiding, assuring them of victory.
“I just lost my election at the Appeal Court and fresh election ordered. In all things, I give God praise. He who started a good thing will definitely complete it. I ask my supporters to be law-abiding as we shall always overcome. To God be the glory,” he wrote.
Melaye had once boasted that he would defeat the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for Kogi West senatorial election, Smart Adeyemi, at any election.
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Adeyemi’s counsel, Dapo Otitoju, told the appeal court that the mutilation of result sheets was allegedly done by INEC in connivance with Melaye’s aides.
He also said the 48,200 cases of over-voting detected in the election were uncovered through INEC’s certified true copy of PVC distributed in the senatorial district.
