Dino Melaye, the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) candidate for governor in Kogi State on November 11 elections, has disclosed what he offered delegates at the party’s primary election held on Sunday.
He said that “anointing oil” was used to motivate his delegates for the election.
According to Newsmen, Melaye’s victory as the PDP candidate for governor of Kogi State has been contested by rivals who claim the election was rigged.
At a press conference, one of the candidates, Yomi Awoniyi, a former deputy governor, and others questioned the procedure and requested that “the right thing be done.”
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Awoniyi was quoted to have said, “We demand that the delegate list that emerged from the processes put in place by the party on March 29 and April 8, we demand that these lists are used.
“It is not acceptable to us that we are being coaxed to use a delegates list that is foreign to the process that took place.”
But in response to their agitation, Melaye stated on Tuesday’s episode of Politics Today on Channels Television that their claims are unfounded and untrue.
Melaye denied having bribed delegates to cast their votes for him and asserted that the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Crimes Commission (ICPC) or the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had more knowledge than he has.
The PDP chieftain describes the primary election as “the fairest and most transparent primary ever conducted in Kogi State”, adding that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) attested to it.
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He said “I’m not a staff [member] of the EFCC or ICPC. I wouldn’t know if there was money shared. But if, at my level, I cannot finance a primary, then there’s a problem somewhere. But definitely, God bankrolled me. I bank with the almighty God.”
Speaking about how he mobilised his delegate for the Sunday polls, Melaye said “I gave them anointing oil and it did the magic. I just told you that I believe in Philippians 4:19 that God shall supply all my needs according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus. And I am telling you that He did it.”
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