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Dino Melaye Makes Fresh Promise To Atiku After Losing Senatorial Ticket

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Dino Melaye Stirs Reactions Online As He Describes Atiku As Real President (Photo)

A former Senator who represented Kogi West in the National Assembly, Dino Melaye has made a fresh commitment to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar.

Melaye who had openly supported the 2023 presidential bid of Atiku, reiterated on Friday that his stand has not changed despite recent political developments.

It will be recalled that Melaye on Tuesday lost the bid to return to the National Assembly after he was defeated in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) primary election.

Naija News reports Dino Melaye was defeated at the primaries by a three terms House of Representative member, Hon. Tajudeen Yusuf who represents Kabba/Bunu Ijumu Federal constituency.

While Melaye polled a final vote of 99, Yusuf got 163 votes from the delegates to clinch the PDP ticket for the Kogi West Senatorial Constituency.

Before the deciding votes on Tuesday, both Melaye and Yusuf tied on 88 votes on Monday while another aspirant, Sam Aro got 72 votes to send the primaries into a run-off.

It was at this point that supporters of Aro decided to pitch their tent with Yusuf which gave the House of Rep member block votes to defeat Melaye.

In the political drama unfolding in Kogi State, Yusuf is supporting the 2023 presidential ambition of Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike while Dino Melaye belongs to the camp of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar.

After the incident, Melaye took to his Twitter account on Friday to pledge allegiance to Atiku and his 2023 presidential ambition.

He wrote alongside a picture shared on his page “My political DNA is Atiku.”