President Buhari contested under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) six years ago and defeated ex-President Goodluck Jonathan of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the first time an opposition would floor a ruling party in Nigeria’s presidential election.

The former lawmaker, who  representing Kogi West Senatorial District in the National Assembly, was among those that mobilized support for Buhari’s presidential ambition, having dumped the PDP for the ruling APC.

But, the PDP chieftain while featuring on Channels Television’s Politics Today asked God and Nigerians for forgiveness, adding that the present administration led by President Buhari is the worst in the nation’s history.

In his words, “I apologise to God almighty who is the supreme controller of the universe and Nigerians for supporting Buhari.

“The Buhari agenda is the greatest scam that came out of Africa. The Buhari presidency in 2015 is the greatest scam that came out of Africa.

“The subject Buhari is the greatest common that came out of Africa. Once I was blind, now I can see. How can one remain in a political party and support the presidency with what is happening today in Nigeria? I regret seriously supporting that because we were scammed,” the former Senator submitted.

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A three-man panel of the court on Tuesday unanimously resolved all seven issues, identified for determination, against the appellant (Melaye).

The panel also upheld the judgment earlier delivered by the National Assembly Election Petition Tribunal, which confirmed the declaration of Adeyemi as winner of the election by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

The appellate court, which struck out Adeyemi’s preliminary objection, awarded N50, 000 cost against Melaye and in favour of the respondents.

Details later..

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Adeyemi is replacing Senator Dino Melaye of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who lost the rerun in the Kogi West Senatorial District election.

The APC candidate, Adeyemi who emerged victorious at the bye-election concluded last week in the district by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) was announced by the Returning Officer of the election, Professor Olajide Lawal that he successfully polled a total of 88,373 votes to defeat his political rival,  Melaye of the PDP who scored 62,133 votes.

The swearing-in was done by the Clerk of the Senate, Nelson Ayewoh, at the start of plenary.

Adeyemi is returning to the Senate about five years after he lost the seat to  Melaye at the 2015 election.

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The Kogi State National Assembly/State Assembly election petition tribunal sitting in Abuja, had earlier nullified Melaye’s election in August.

The Peoples Democratic Party’s candidate, Melaye was declared the winner of the Kogi West Senatorial District election by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) during the February 2019 general election.

The results declared by INEC showed that Melaye of  the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) scored 85,395 votes to defeat Smart Adeyemi of the All Progressives Congress (APC) who polled 66,901 votes.

Adeyemi later approached the tribunal to challenge Melaye’s victory and was declared winner on Friday.

A three-man panel led by Justice A. O. Chijioke in a unanimous judgment accepted Adeyemi’s ground and ordered for reelection into the Kogi West senatorial district.

Not satisfied with the judgment of Justice Chijioke’s led tribunal, Senator Melaye approached the Appeal Court to appeal the ruling.

The Appeal Court eventually upheld the judgment of the tribunal and ordered a fresh election within 90 days.

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Senator Adeyemi said this while commending the judgement of the Kogi State National Assembly and State Assembly Elections Petitions Tribunal which sacked the lawmaker representing Kogi West, Senator Dino Melaye.

On Friday, a three-man panel of the Tribunal led by Justice Anthony Chijioke had in a unanimous judgment ordered a fresh election in the senatorial district.,

Reacting, Senator Adeyemi said  as a student of law, he has always believed that the court is where those who have been cheated get justice.

The APC chieftain  maintained that he would reclaim his mandate in the rerun ordered by the Tribunal, adding  that he has built the image to win the election over the years.

According to Adeyemi,  “We are not afraid to go for a re-run at all because the people can assess the two personalities. They know our antecedents, they know our track records, they know who we are and what we stand for.

“They know our personalities; not only in Kogi West but Nigerians know the two of us. They know I have a track record of getting to where I am, so it is not a question of being on the street and becoming a politician.”

“No! I was not on the street. I’m proud to say that I was a practicing journalist and I was at a time, two-term National President of the Nigerian Union of Journalist (NUJ). So I have a track record.

“And I was in the Senate for eight years and the people are there to assess my performance. As to whether I met their needs or their aspirations, I have no doubt that I did my utmost best,” he reiterated.

He lamented that the system was faulty to a point that “it is possible for people from nowhere to become leaders in this country.”

The APC candidate further queried the credibility of the official of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) that approved the result of the Kogi West senatorial district election.

He alleged that there were several alterations in the result sheet while collation was not done where it was supposed to take place.

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Also, the three-man panel led by Justice A. O. Chijioke on Friday  in a unanimous judgment accepted Smart Adeyemi’s ground and order a reelection

Melaye, a candidate of the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) was earlier declared the winner of the February election by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

His victory was challenged in court by Smart Adeyemi, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

The APC Candidate, Adeyemi  challenged Melaye’s victory on three grounds of irregularities, over voting and non-compliance with the electoral acts.

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The APC lawmaker representing Kogi west senatorial district attended the Senate plenary after some weeks absence.

The lawmaker has been bed-ridden since he landed in hospital after an unsuccessful bid to evade being taken to Kogi State by the Nigerian police.

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At the Wednesday plenary, the controversial Senator asked Senate President Bukola Saraki for permission to leave his allotted seat and move to the opposition side of the Senate chamber.

He specifically asked that he wants to sit beside the former Senate President, David Mark.

According to Senator Melaye, his reason for wanting a change of seat is probably because is no longer comfortable in his present seat after his ordeal with the police.

But the lawmakers from the ruling APC kicked against the move by Senator Melaye arguing that it is against the constitution.

Meanwhile, the opposition lawmakers welcomed the change of seat by Senator Dino Melaye.

Though, he is yet to formally join the PDP. To do so officially, Melaye would have to write the Senate president of his decision to leave his party and join the opposition. The letter would then be read during Senate plenary.

However, Melaye’s body language has revealed his next political drift to join PDP.

Earlier while raising point of order, Melaye appreciated his colleagues, members of the House of Representatives, his constituents and Nigerians for supporting him during his travails.

Also, he thanked the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for its support.

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The senator representing Kogi west, Melaye who took to his Twitter handle hinted that he was arrested at the International wing of the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport in Abuja.

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The lawmaker’s tweet about an hour ago reads:

“I have just been arrested at the international wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe airport on my way to Morocco for an official engagement sponsored by the Federal Govt after checking in.”

Also, 20 mins ago, as at the time of filling this report, the tweet added, “stopped from traveling and under arrest. No retreat, no surrender. Talk we must”

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The resolution on Wednesday, followed the adoption of a motion under matter of urgent public importance, moved by Senator Dino Melaye representing Kogi West Senatorial District.

According to Melaye, JAMB before 2016 paid into the federation account a meager N50 million as revenue generated from the University and Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME).

He added that the revenue increased to five billion naira in 2016 and N7.8 billion in 2017.

The senator, who expressed concern why the revenue remitted by JAMB in the past had been low, said, “since JAMB can remit seven billion naira in one month, we must work on relevant agencies as the National Examination Council (NECO) and the West African Examination Council (WAEC) to generate more revenue.

“There is the need for the Senate Committee to effectively carry out its oversight function with a view to finding out what went wrong in the past and block all the leakages in the agencies”.

The Senate Leader, Sen. Ahmed Lawan, also added, “something was amiss and we need to find out what happened in the past and why there was a sudden increase in remittances’’.

Remarking, the President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, however directed the Senate Committee on Education to investigate the matter and educate the Senate on reasons for the increased remittances.

He further stressed the need to know what action had been taken to get those people, who were there in the past to explain what happened.

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