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Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in last Saturday\u2019s election, Dino Melaye, has insisted that there was no election in Kogi State.<\/p>\n

Melaye spoke while justifying his refusal to cast his vote during the governorship election.<\/p>\n

Appearing on Channels TV Politics Today, Melaye said whether he voted or not, it was immaterial.<\/p>\n

Melaye came third, with the All Progressives Congress (APC)\u2019s Usman Ododo winning the election.<\/p>\n

Reacting to the outcome of the controversial election, Melaye said, \u201cThe issue of voting or not voting has no legal status. People win elections in prison.<\/p>\n

\u201cLegally, it has no relevance to the election. Whether I voted or not, it is immaterial.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t want to talk about it; there was no election in Kogi State on Saturday.\u201d<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Nigeria<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in last Saturday\u2019s election, Dino Melaye, has insisted that there was no election in Kogi State. Melaye spoke while justifying his refusal to cast his vote during the governorship election. Appearing on Channels TV Politics Today, Melaye said whether he voted or not, it was […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":100774,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[1570,2140,124,396,254],"class_list":["post-100775","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-nigeria-2","tag-dino-melaye","tag-kogi","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"\nThere was no election in Kogi on Saturday \u2013 Dino Melaye cries out - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in last Saturday\u2019s election, Dino Melaye, has insisted that th ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/there-was-no-election-in-kogi-on-saturday-dino-melaye-cries-out\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"There was no election in Kogi on Saturday \u2013 Dino Melaye cries out\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in last Saturday\u2019s election, Dino Melaye, has insisted that th ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/there-was-no-election-in-kogi-on-saturday-dino-melaye-cries-out\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-11-14T10:02:52+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-11-14T12:18:26+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2023\/11\/sm_1699947870.633173.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/there-was-no-election-in-kogi-on-saturday-dino-melaye-cries-out#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/there-was-no-election-in-kogi-on-saturday-dino-melaye-cries-out\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"There was no election in Kogi on Saturday \u2013 Dino Melaye cries out\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-11-14T10:02:52+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-11-14T12:18:26+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/there-was-no-election-in-kogi-on-saturday-dino-melaye-cries-out\"},\"wordCount\":152,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/there-was-no-election-in-kogi-on-saturday-dino-melaye-cries-out#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2023\/11\/sm_1699947870.633173.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Nigeria\",\"Dino melaye\",\"Kogi\",\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/there-was-no-election-in-kogi-on-saturday-dino-melaye-cries-out#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/there-was-no-election-in-kogi-on-saturday-dino-melaye-cries-out\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/there-was-no-election-in-kogi-on-saturday-dino-melaye-cries-out\",\"name\":\"There was no election in Kogi on Saturday \u2013 Dino Melaye cries out - 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