The governorship candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the just-concluded Kogi Governorship election, Senator Dino Melaye, has stated that one of the lessons learned is that the East now knows, more than ever before, that they cannot become governor alone.
He shared this insight while hosting members of the party.
Melaye also dismissed claims of collecting N3 billion from the party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, and businessman Aliko Dangote for the elections.
According to Melaye, the speculation that he collected N1 billion from Atiku and N2 billion from Dangote was fake news peddled by betrayers.
Melaye denied the allegations at a dinner organized in his honor by members of his campaign organization in Abuja.
He described the claims as the handiwork of his detractors who wanted to derail his campaign.
“One of the lessons is that the East now knows, more than ever before, that they cannot become governor alone. You will have to collaborate with other zones to become governor.
“The second lesson is also for those of us from the West. Next time, we should listen to the words of wisdom from our elders and not from commercialized characters who, because of their individual and selfish interests, created problems for us.
“Because at the end of the day, what our elders have been saying that this will be the worst (election) for us is eventually what happened.”
. TheWitness
