BREAKING! Kogi West Rerun: Smart Adeyemi Defeats Dino Melaye

Hamilton Nwosa
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Smart Adeyemi of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has been declared the winner of the Kogi west senatorial election.

Olayinde Lawal, the returning officer of the election, declared Adeyemi winner at the end of the rerun on Saturday.

The APC candidate got 88,373 votes to defeat Dino Melaye of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), his closest challenger, who polled 62,133 votes.

more details soon…

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