Voting starts at Dino Melaye’s polling unit
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About 2 million registered voters will decide the next governor of Kogi state which is widely regarded as the “confluence state.”
Voting has commenced at Iluafon quarters, Aiyetoro 1, Ijumu Local Government Area of Kogi state, where the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Dino Melaye, will vote.
Voting commenced at exactly 8:30a.m.
Dino alongside the candidate of the African Democratic Congress, Leke Abejide popularly referred to as “Elder” are the two major candidates gunning for the position of governor from the Kogi West senatorial district.
Electoral observers said Abejide who is a serving lawmaker may affect Dino’s chances at the governorship polls.
Kogi West which Dino hails from has never produced a governor since the inception of Kogi State.
About 2 million registered voters will decide the next governor of Kogi state which is widely regarded as the “confluence state.”
Though INEC says 18 governorship candidates will be contesting the elections today. Analysts say the election will be keenly contested between Usman Ododo of the All Progressives Congress, Muri Ajaka of the Social Democratic Party, Leke Abejide of the African Democratic Party and Dino Melaye of the PDP.
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