{"id":14525,"date":"2019-08-23T15:36:28","date_gmt":"2019-08-23T15:36:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=14525"},"modified":"2019-08-23T15:36:28","modified_gmt":"2019-08-23T15:36:28","slug":"tribunal-sacks-dino-melaye-orders-fresh-election-in-kogi-west","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/tribunal-sacks-dino-melaye-orders-fresh-election-in-kogi-west","title":{"rendered":"Tribunal sacks Dino Melaye, orders fresh election in Kogi West"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Kogi State National Assembly\/State Assembly Election Petition Tribunal has nullified the election of Senator Dino Melaye representing Kogi West senatorial district.<\/p>\n<p>reportedly Melaye polled a total of 85,395 votes to defeat his APC opponent who scored 66,902 votes.<\/p>\n<p>But the APC candidate, Sam Adeyemi proceeded to challenge the declaration on three grounds of irregularities, overvoting and non-compliance with the Electoral Act.<\/p>\n<p>According to Vanguard, the three-man panel led by Justice A. 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