{"id":86471,"date":"2023-04-18T10:17:41","date_gmt":"2023-04-18T09:17:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/kogi-guber-dino-melaye-as-pdp-candidate-dangerous-ex-deputy-governor-awoniyi"},"modified":"2023-04-18T11:52:34","modified_gmt":"2023-04-18T10:52:34","slug":"kogi-guber-dino-melaye-as-pdp-candidate-dangerous-ex-deputy-governor-awoniyi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kogi-guber-dino-melaye-as-pdp-candidate-dangerous-ex-deputy-governor-awoniyi","title":{"rendered":"Kogi guber: Dino Melaye as PDP candidate dangerous \u2013 Ex-deputy governor, Awoniyi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Former Kogi State Deputy Governor, Yomi Awoniyi has faulted the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, primary election that produced Dino Melaye as governorship candidate.<\/p>\n<p>Awoniyi warned that Melaye\u2019s emergence as PDP governorship candidate was dangerous.<\/p>\n<p>Stressing that the primary election lacked credibility, Awoniyi claimed that Melaye\u2019s votes were a product of a tainted delegates\u2019 list.<\/p>\n<p>A statement by Awoniyi said: \u201cWithout an iota of doubt, I make bold to say that Senator Melaye\u2019s victory is a pyrrhic one.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis victory portends great danger to the unity of our party and the prospect of winning the November 11 governorship election.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe primary that threw up Senator Melaye was flawed; 158 delegates, who emerged from the state ad hoc congress of March 29, 2023, were replaced by the woeful Senator Abdul Ningi Congress Committee, working in concert with Melaye\u2019s enablers within the party hierarchy at the highest level.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Awoniyi argued that it was unfair to give an aspirant 158 votes in a contest for 739 votes with eight other aspirants.<\/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 State Deputy Governor, Yomi Awoniyi has faulted the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, primary election that produced Dino Melaye as governorship candidate. Awoniyi warned that Melaye\u2019s emergence as PDP governorship candidate was dangerous. 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