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Labour Party Denies Endorsing Dino Melaye In Kogi Guber Race, Alleges Sabotage

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Nov 4, 2023.

EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Labour Party (LP) governorship campaign council in Kogi state has denied endorsing the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the forthcoming election, Senator Dino Melaye.

One Col Vincent Abuh (rtd) had led some LP members to Senator Melaye, endorsing him ahead of the election.

Following the meeting, the PDP flagbearer posted a purported joint press statement of the PDP and Labour Party where it was stated that the “Dominant” faction of the labour party in the state had resolved to adopt Dino Melaye for the Governorship contest.

But, the Director General of the Okeme/Hamza governorship campaign of the party in the state, Hon. Nelson A. Ogohi, accused Abuh of acting on his own.

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In a statement sent to journalists on Saturday, Ogogi said the action of Abuh is ”an effort at sabotage.”

According to Ogohi’s statement, Col. Abuh, despite being associated with the LP during the presidential election, has now declared a merger with the PDP, a move he described as a direct assault on the LP’s credibility.

The statement reiterated the Okeme/Hamza LP campaign’s unwavering dedication to their election efforts, urging supporters to remain undeterred by what they labelled ”misleading media tactics.”

”Just for the records, we are not relenting; neither are we reneging on our good promise to the Kogi state people to afford them the true dividends of democracy when we have finally won the elections.

”No amount of blackmail or sabotage will stop our resolve to go all out and win the elections.

”This is also calling on all supporters and Okeme Ambassadors to ignore the empty media shenanigans of our detractors and focus on our elections, which is exactly seven days from today,” the statement added.

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