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Kogi Guber: Dino Melaye in fresh trouble, as APC calls for arrest over cybercrime allegation
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November 15, 2023
..Dino Melaye admitted to hacking into INEC’s backend server on National TV — Spokesman
…APC describes Dino’s personal attack on INEC chair as immoral
By Sodiq Adelakun
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kogi State has urged security agencies to promptly apprehend Senator Dino Melaye, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the recent Governorship election, for his alleged involvement in cybercrime.
The APC claimed that Melaye confessed to this offence during a live television program.
The Kogi APC Governorship Campaign Council criticised Melaye for asserting on national TV that he had access to the back-end server of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), likening it to willingly entering a prison and requesting to be incarcerated.
The Director of Media and Publicity/Spokesman of the Campaign Council, Kingsley Fanwo emphasised that security agencies should have an easy task in dealing with a suspect who openly admits to committing a crime.
“Dino Melaye has openly confessed that he hacked into the back-end of the Independent National Electoral Commission. He should be arrested and prosecuted for cyber crime,” Fanwo said.
He strongly criticised the former Senator for suggesting that the INEC Chairman’s children should feel ashamed of him, deeming it unnecessary, unethical, and morally wrong.
“Are Dino Melaye’s children proud of his shameless physical combats on the floor of the National Assembly? Are his children proud of the fact that their mother levelled allegations of physical injuries against their father? Are Dino’s children proud of him?
“Dino Melaye was never in the race for the Governorship. The perennial contestant was in it for business and we do not see his allegations as anything more than the ranting of a thoroughly rejected political jobber.
“We can’t beat a child and expect him not to cry. But we will be magnanimous in victory. Someone who claimed to have boycotted an election is here complaining about the conduct. He was not even at his Polling Unit to vote. How he got over 40,000 votes should be probed,” the party stated.
“We call on our members to celebrate with moderation. We are one people and we must remain united as a people. The results of the election have shown that it is our party alone that believes in the unity of our dear state. We won the election and also the battle against those who wanted to drag our state to the dark ages of ethnic division. Kogites, this victory is yours and it will herald fresh air of consolidation and continuity,” it added.
APC expressed its gratitude to the wonderful people of Kogi State for their overwhelming support in the recent election, which resulted in the victory of its candidate, Usman Ododo. The party believes that this resounding win has further solidified the bond and commitment between the APC and the people of Kogi State.
“It has also upscaled the onus of responsibility on us to continue to provide first class schools, health institutions, road infrastructure and many others that the current administration in the state has been doing over the past 7 years and 9 months,” it said.
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Sanwo-Olu, Abiodun congratulate Ododo on electoral victory
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November 14, 2023
Lagos State Governor, Mr Babjide Sanwo-Olu and his Ogun State counterpart, Prince Dapo Abiodun have congratulated the Kogi State All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Ahmed Usman Ododo, on his victory at Saturday’s gubernatorial election in the state.
Governor Sanwo-Olu, who was a member of the APC National Campaign Council for the Kogi State Governorship election, described Ododo’s landslide victory as a testament to the good work the Governor Yahaha Bello-led APC administration has done in Kogi State.
In a congratulatory message issued on Monday by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Gboyega Akosile, Sanwo-Olu said Ododo’s victory is well deserved and a clear manifestation that the APC remains the party of choice for Nigerians at the local, state and federal levels.
Governor Sanwo-Olu commended the people of Kogi State, particularly the electorate for trooping out to perform their civic responsibility and for defying all odds to vote for the APC governorship candidate across the state.
He said, “I congratulate Alhaji Ahmed Usman Ododo for emerging victorious in the Saturday’s gubernatorial election and returning as the duly elected governor to continue the good work of Governor Yahaya Bello.
“The landslide victory of Ododo with over 180,000 votes against his major opponent showed that Kogi people know what is right and they have done what is right by voting for the APC candidate for continuity of good work in the State.
“Ododo’s victory is a clear indication that the APC and its government under the able leadership of Governor Yahaya Bello have delivered beyond expectations of the people of Kogi State. I, therefore, believe it was only natural for the citizens to reciprocate by voting for our party.”
Governor Sanwo-Olu also praised President Bola Tinubu for creating a level playing ground for all the governorship candidates in the Saturday gubernatorial election in Kogi State.
“I appreciate the leader of our party, President Bola Tinubu, Vice President Kashim Shettima; APC National Chairman, Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje, my colleagues and other APC leaders, especially members of the Governor Dapo Abiodun-led National Campaign Council for Kogi State Governorship election, for working tirelessly for the victory of our party in the Saturday governorship poll,” he said.
Abiodun on his own part described the resounding victory of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Saturday’s governorship election in Kogi State as the affirmation of the confidence Nigerians have in the ability of the ruling party to extricate Nigeria from the current economic woes.
Prince Abiodun, who is also the Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Campaign Council For Kogi Governorship Election, said Ododo’s victory was the culmination of the successes recorded by the APC in the last eight years and the confidence reposed in the Governor-elect.
Abiodun praised voters in Kogi State who trooped out en masse on Saturday to vote for Ododo, even as acknowledged the resilience of Governor Yahya Bello in ensuring the electoral victory of the ruling party.
He reiterated the earlier pledge of President Tinubu to revamp the Ajaokuta Steel Complex and the National Iron Ore Mining Company at Itakpe, saying that the resuscitation of the companies will scale up socio-economic activities of the state and Nigeria in general.
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Kogi Guber: Going to court a waste of time — SDP Candidate
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November 14, 2023
Murtala Ajaka, candidate of the Social Democratic Party in the November 11, 2023 governorship election in Kogi State has disbelief in Nigeria’s judicial system noting that going to court to contest the result of the polls is a waste of time.
Making an appearance on Channels Television’s The 2023 Verdict programme on Sunday night, Ajaka said going to court to contest the outcome of the poll is a waste of time as the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) would come as a witness to defend the outcome of the poll.
“I have been around for the past 20 years. I know what it is. What am I going to court to do when the same INEC that did this is going to come as a witness to defend what they did? So it is a waste of time. Except the party people because I’m hugely disappointed. If the INEC chairman allows this to stand, they are looking for trouble in Nigeria.
“You gave me assurances that the election would be transparent, you allowed me to waste my time, spend my money, mobilise my people, only for you to write the results. Even if I’m not sad about it, you expect my supporters to be happy. I assure you if they allow this to stand as they are allowing in all the states now, they are calling for anarchy in this country,” he said.
INEC declared Ododo as the winner of the keenly contested poll. Ododo won with 446,237 votes, defeating his closest rival, Ajaka, who scored 259,052, while Dino Melaye of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) polled 46,362 votes.
However, Ajaka claimed figures were inflated in favour of the APC candidate and ally of the outgoing governor, Yahaya Bello.
“In Okene Local Government, they turned out over 130,000 votes. Haba! And INEC accepted that result and what is on the BVAS is less than 30,000,” he said.
“With all due respect to the person of the INEC chairman, if they don’t do a checklist and investigate their officials that went to Kogi State and allow this to stand, I doubt if there will be an election in 2027. Because people will go into that election armed and I fear Somalia will be a child’s play.
“If we knew it would be the same old music, we would have played along with that old music by inflating the results from my area,” the SDP candidate added.