{"id":86086,"date":"2023-04-12T11:34:15","date_gmt":"2023-04-12T10:34:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/kogi-guber-atiku-wont-influence-my-election-dino-melaye-blasts-wike"},"modified":"2023-04-12T13:02:34","modified_gmt":"2023-04-12T12:02:34","slug":"kogi-guber-atiku-wont-influence-my-election-dino-melaye-blasts-wike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kogi-guber-atiku-wont-influence-my-election-dino-melaye-blasts-wike","title":{"rendered":"Kogi guber: Atiku won\u2019t influence my election \u2013 Dino Melaye blasts Wike"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Former Kogi West Senator, Dino Melaye, on Wednesday, distanced the 2023 Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, from his governorship aspiration, stressing that the latter won\u2019t interfere with his pursuit.<\/p>\n<p>Melaye said those linking Atiku to his governorship ambition are paid by Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State to paint the former Vice President in a bad light.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking with Arise Television, Melaye said: \u201cIt\u2019s politically undermining my personality to say that Atiku Abubakar was trying to force me on Kogi people, that is undermining my political sagacity and maturity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have to keep Atiku completely out of this, I became a member of the House of Representatives, did Atiku influence that?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m elected twice into the Senate. Did Atiku influence that? But those who want to call a dog a bad name in other to hang it will make a lot of insinuations. Atiku is not interfering with the preparations for the PDP primaries in Kogi State.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose hired guns paid by Wike to address press conferences are just doing that for their pay, the process is going correctly and nothing has changed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Former Kogi West Senator, Dino Melaye, on Wednesday, distanced the 2023 Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, from his governorship aspiration, stressing that the latter won\u2019t interfere with his pursuit. 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