By Bimbo Ogunnaike
The Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP), in next Saturday’s Kogi West Senatorial rerun election, Senator Dino Melaye, has denied speculations making the rounds that he and his party are planning to boycott the election.
Speaking on Channels TV on Sunday, Melaye said the reports making the rounds was a misrepresentation by PDP spokesman.
He disclosed that he and his party will not shy away from the rerun election o Saturday despite alleged falsified results.
“The reports about me boycotting Saturday election is just the imagination of APC. We never said we are boycotting the election.
“PDP only rejected the results of the past election. The PDP is the people’s party and will never shy away from political participation though we know they are not credible and fair.
”PDP respects the constitutionalism of democracy and will never boycott election even though figures from Kabba local government area are wrong. I will not boycott Saturday’s election,” Melaye said.
Adeyemi
It would be recalled that Melaye had defeated his All Progressives Congress (APC) rival, Smart Adeyemi, in the February election, but the tribunal and appellate court annulled the election and ordered a fresh one.
In the fresh election conducted on November 16, Melaye was trailing Adeyemi, before the exercise was declared inconclusive.
A supplementary poll was fixed for November 30.
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