Dino Melaye wins Kogi West Senatorial seat

Senator Dino Melaye of the Peoples Democratic Party has emerged winner of the Kogi West Senatorial election in the state.

The Returning Officer, Prof. Emmanuel Bala declared on Monday in Lokoja that Melaye polled 85, 395 votes to defeat Sen. Smart Adeyemi of the APC who scored 66, 901 votes.

Also, Alhaji Abdulkarim Isah – Wambai of the APC has been declared winner of the House of Representatives election for Lokoja-Koto federal constituency.

The returning officer, Prof. Muhammed Suleiman said that Wambai scored 37, 656 votes to beat Mr Shaba Ibrahim of PDP who polled 33,662 votes.

(NAN)

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