Kogi West Rerun: ‘You’ve never Won any Election in Your Political Career’, Smart Blasts Melaye
“…you’re an expired Kogi West Product”…Melaye Replies
POLITICS DIGEST – Ahead of the upcoming Kogi West senatorial rerun election ordered by the Appeal Court last week, the two main actors in the race, Smart Adeyemi and Dino Melaye have been trading words.
The two-term Senator who represented the region, Senator Smart Adeyemi, had said his rival Dino Melaye had never won any election in his political career.
He said that he had always been manipulating his way through, using political thugs. He had rigged elections right from his days at the House of Representatives.
“This position had been proved right by last week’s decision of the Court of Appeal, affirming the decision of the lower court ordering the rerun of the Kogi West Senatorial election,” Adeyemi said.
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He told our correspondent in an interview in Lokoja, Tuesday night, that no one can deliberately cast his vote for Dino because he did not fit into the category of those that can earn the respect of any Yoruba man who values morals more than money.
“Besides, the Senate is meant for those who have proved their mettle in other areas before bringing his experience to bear at the Senate, “he said.
“Where has Dino ever worked to gather any experience?” he quipped.
However, in reaction, Dino Melaye described Smart Adeyemi as an expired product in Kogi West.
He said that his eight years in office were a curse rather than a blessing to the district.
Speaking through his media aide, Gideon Ayodele, Melaye said, “The judgements at the tribunal and Appeal courts have not said that Senator Dino Melaye did not defeat him.
“Senator Dino Melaye defeated Smart in 6 out of the 7 local government areas of Kogi West.
“The mandate is the people’s mandate and can not be stolen nor taken away. If we go to the election, again and again, Dino Melaye will still defeat Smart Adeyemi.”
He said that the people of Kogi west had tested the two of them and knew who was more beneficial to the district.
“Senator Smart can not point at any project he executed or influenced to the district in eight years but Senator Dino Melaye has over 200 verifiable projects all over the seven local governments, he noted.
