June 3, 2023
Don’t heat up Kogi State, Senator Dino Melaye tells GYB and SDP candidate
….calls on FG to investigate the GYB/SDP clash
The leading candidate in the race to Lugard House, Senator Dino Melaye has on Saturday condemned in the strongest terms, incidence of clash between Kogi State Governor and Governorship candidate of SDP.
“I am still being briefed about the details of the attack. I am aware that both the Governor and the SDP candidate’s team are trading blame over the attack. If the reports are anything to go by; I, Senator Dino Melaye, the Kogi State Governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) condemn in the strongest sense of it, such incidence.
“I call on both Governor Yahaya Bello and the SDP candidate not to heat up Kogi State with any chaos or crisis. The peace of Kogi State is paramount at all times.
“I call on the Federal Government of Nigeria as led by Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu to use the Office of President of Nigeria that he currently occupies (pending the outcome of the Presidential Election Petition Court) to immediately commence investigation into the GYB/SDP clash and ensure those involved are brought to book regardless of how highly placed they may be,” Senator Dino Melaye said in a written reaction to the incident.