Kogi 2023: How I Survived Four Assassination Attempts, Dino Melaye Reveals
- Ahead of the crucial governorship elections in Kogi State, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Dino Melaye, has opened up on his ordeals
- The former lawmaker revealed in a live interview on television that he had survived four assassination attempts
- He said his mission is to unite the people of Kogi State as they have been allegedly divided by the governance style of the All Progressive Congress (APC)
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Lokoja, Kogi - The gubernatorial flagbearer of the PDP in Kogi State, Senator Dino Melaye, has revealed how he survived four assassination attempts in the state.
As reported by Vanguard, Melaye revealed this during an interview on Aris TV on Thursday, October 12.
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Senator Melaye said:
“I have survived four assassination attempts; I have had 12 court cases of FG vs. Dino Melaye, and I have been attacked severally. It is not new, as it is in the DNA of the APC to be violent.
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“Kogi State is like an evil forest that needs instantaneous redevelopment and needs a messiah.”
The ex-lawmaker revealed that Kogi has been beaming with tension and violence since the APC assumed power.
Senator Melaye reveals plan for Kogi people ahead of election
Senator Melaye stated that he hopes to implement positive changes in the state to ease the pain and suffering of residents and people of Kogi State.
Speaking further, Melaye decried the divided state of Kogi. He claimed since the advent of democracy in Nigeria, the people of the state have never been this divided.
He blamed the development on the APC for polarising the state and dividing its people.
He said part of the PDP’s agenda is to reunite the state first, as his campaign slogan says, “One Kogi, One Destiny.”
Dino Melaye suffers major setback as mass defection hits PDP 1 month to election
Legit.ng earlier reported Melaye suffered the defection of major stakeholders from the party.
Ismail Inah, a former lawmaker representing the Idah Federal Constituency in Kogi State, left the PDP and joined the APC one month before the election.
The PDP women leader in the Igalamela-Odolu LGA and the women leaders in the wards of the council areas also dumped the opposition for the ruling party.
Source: Legit.ng
