Update: Melaye Appeals, Says No Cause For Alarm, Adeyemi To Go For Counter Appeal

By Uche Mbah

Senator Dino Melaye, who was earlier today sacked by the election petition tribunal in Lokoja, has dismissed the ruling, saying that even if he won the case, the other party would have appealed.

In a reply sent to The Source, Dino insisted that he will soon be governor of Kogi state.

“No cause for alarm at all”, he wrote. “Even if it went my way they will still go to the Appeal Court.

Our mandate cannot be taken. We will get judgment at the Appeal Court.

There will be fresh election in Kogi West because I will be Governor.

For my Senate mandate no shaking. I can not be distracted. Focus is my name.

All Kogites should remain calm and peaceful as their mandate is very secured”. he concluded.

This magazine was one of the earliest to break the news of his removal by the tribunal.

Melaye is contesting for the governorship position against the incumbent governor, Yahaya Bello.

In his own reaction, Smart Adeyemi of the All Progressives Congress have also indicated that he will do a counter appeal to ask the appellate court to out-rightly declare him winner of the election instead of going through another election.