Senator Dino Melaye has crashed out of the race for the Kogi West Sebatorial ticket on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
He was on Tuesday evening defeated by his political rival, Hon. Tajudeen Yusuf.
Dino polled 99 votes against TJ Yusuf who is representing Kabba/Bunu Ijumu Federal constituency, who polled 163 votes.
TJ Yusuf, a three-term House of Representatives member had levelled with Dino on Monday night when they both scored 88 votes apiece; leading to a rerun.
But at the rerun on Tuesday, TJ was able to secure a majority of the votes.
While TJ is rooting for Nyesom Wike in the state, Dino Melaye is backing Atiku Abubakar.
TJ, as reported, was able to draw sympathy from the camp of the former governor Ibrahim Idris whose favourite candidate, Sam Aro, polled 72 votes on the first run of the senate primary on Monday.
The Sam Aro bloc vote swung the election in favour of TJ Yusuf and permanently sealed Dino Melaye’s fate as far as 2023 Senatorial ambition is concerned.
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