Senator Dino Melaye, the gubernatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kogi State, has confidently declared that the November 11 election will be an easy victory for the party.
Melaye made this assertion in Lokoja during the inauguration of the PDP Local Government election campaign committee for the 21 local government councils, which took place at the party’s Secretariat on Thursday.
He cited several reasons why he believes the PDP will defeat the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the election. Melaye accused the ruling party of mismanagement, non-payment of salaries, and worsening insecurity in the state.
The former Kogi West Senator also expressed his lack of fear towards Governor Yahaya Bello and the APC, encouraging voters not to be intimidated but to turn out in large numbers to cast their ballots.
Melaye criticized the present administration for causing division among the people along ethnic and religious lines, characterizing Kogi State as a laughingstock among other states.
He went on to say that no rational person would vote for the APC given what the current administration has done to the state.
Melaye stated, “This election is a walkover for PDP because of misadministration, poverty, non-payment of salaries, gratuity, promotion not being cash-backed, and many more. The people of Kogi State are not happy as they are looking for a messiah that will save them from captivity.
“Dino Melaye and Habiba are saying here we are, send us. I want to advise especially our Local Government Chairmen, you have all become evangelists and imams to encourage our people to come out and vote. Our people are afraid because APC has sold fear in the minds of the people. I am telling you that as Dino Melaye, I am not afraid of Yahaya Bello or the APC.
“I am assuring us, let the people of Kogi State show that we are not cowards. As citizens of Kogi State, we are not a conquered territory. We will come out and vote, and campaign in all the nooks and crannies of the State, including Agasa, the hometown of Governor Bello.
“The PDP is a party with plans, well organized, who uses power for the interest of the People. Today, any Kogites that are still thinking of voting for the APC have what I call Arthritis of the brain. No sane, logical human being will today vote for APC in Kogi State.
“Is it about our roads? In the last year, there has been no drop of water in Lokoja, the capital city of Kogi State. Is it about the dilapidated hospitals that have become mere consulting clinics? Is it about non-payment or percentage payment of salaries? Is it about insecurities of lives and properties?
“This is the first time in the history of our State that House of Assembly members and Commissioners have no vehicles. This is the first time in the history of our State that a permanent Secretary will be using Okada to move to the office. This is the first time in the history of our State where workers were retrenched for frivolous reasons.
“This is the first time in the history of our State that 120 Professors were ceremoniously sacked from Kogi State University. They are qualified Professors who graduated from first-generation Universities in this Country. The screening at Kogi State University took them out of the system. By the grace of God, we are going to build a new Kogi State.”
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